PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS Ramaphosa performs a balancing act between Western powers and SA’s geopolitical stance ahead of BRICS Summit 3 min 1 By Queenin Masuabi
OPEN SECRETS Russian Doll — an assassination, abductions and the mystery of the Lady R 11 min 35 By Hennie van Vuuren
ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIPS ANALYSIS SA-Russia trade is minuscule even among BRICS members 4 min 10 By Ed Stoddard
AFRICA UNSCRAMBLED OP-ED Life after the curious incident of the Lady R ship that did not load weapons in the night 4 min 10 By Phillip van Niekerk
FOREIGN POLICY PUZZLE OP-ED To see how a non-aligned foreign policy works, South Africa should look at BRICS partner India 5 min 3 By Laurence Caromba
AGOA KNIFE EDGE ‘Aggressive push’ to expel US ambassador from SA as government data shows no weapons exports to Russia 4 min 28 By Ed Stoddard
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Powerful US senator Jim Risch tables legislation to scuttle SA’s hosting of Agoa forum 6 min 19 By Peter Fabricius
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Confidential document reveals SA fears that Agoa trade pact status is under threat 6 min 15 By Queenin Masuabi
DIPLOMATIC SHIFTS Nomaindia Mfeketo to step down as SA’s ambassador to the US — a year before term ends 2 min 2 By Phillip van Niekerk
RUSSIAN CARGO SHIP Independent panel completes investigation into Lady R’s Simon’s Town sojourn 3 min 30 By Victoria O’Regan
OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS ANALYSIS How to protect SA’s access to Agoa — but not the Mashatile way 8 min 1 By J Brooks Spector
DEFENDING THE INDEFENSIBLE OP-ED Dead Ideology fights back – but ad hominem attacks won't make SA’s foreign policy rational, or right 4 min 16 By Greg Mills and Ray Hartley
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ‘You cannot remain neutral’ — Russian ambassador tells ANC Russian-Ukraine dialogue delegates 3 min 41 By Queenin Masuabi
REFLECTION What it felt like to be grounded in Poland on Ramaphosa’s African peace mission 7 min 50 By Queenin Masuabi
WAR IN EUROPE OP-ED Punching below our diplomatic weight - why SA foreign policy fails on Ukraine 7 min 11 By Greg Mills and Ray Hartley
ANALYSIS With friends like these — Ramaphosa likely to face intense scrutiny after chaotic ‘peace mission’ 5 min 40 By Stephen Grootes
GEOPOLITICS Biden administration shares concerns of US Congress over SA’s perceived support for Russia 4 min 13 By Peter Fabricius
KNIFE-EDGE GEOPOLITICS Warning shot fired — top US congressmen urge Biden to move Agoa forum away from SA 5 min 39 By Peter Fabricius
WAR IN EUROPE Ukrainian foreign minister welcomes African peace initiative — and spells out two immutable principles 4 min 1 By Peter Fabricius
OPEN SECRETS OP-ED Democracy dies behind closed doors — open the Lady R inquiry 5 min 10 By Hennie van Vuuren
DAMAGE CONTROL Ramaphosa embarks on attempted ‘course correction’ of SA’s Russia stance 5 min 36 By Peter Fabricius
