AFRICA UNSCRAMBLED OP-ED Welcome to the new New World Order — don’t put all your BRICS in one basket 5 min 4 By Phillip van Niekerk
DIRCO BUDGET Pandor and DA clash in Parliament on hypocrisy, implied democracy and human rights deficit in BRICS 3 min 23 By Peter Fabricius
FOREIGN AFFAIRS What was Sydney Mufamadi’s US mission? Minister Pandor provides the answers 4 min 5 By Peter Fabricius
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Was he snubbed? Ramaphosa fails to crack the nod for G7 summit in Japan 3 min 42 By Queenin Masuabi and Peter Fabricius
THE GREAT ESCAPE Will South Africa use its political leverage on UAE to extradite the Guptas? 5 min 1 By Peter Fabricius
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: SA diplomacy is sliding off the rails at an absolutely critical point 5 min 4 By Unknown Author
ANALYSIS ANC and DA support opposite visions of SA’s international future — authoritarian global order vs Western democracy 7 min 21 By Stephen Grootes
CHOOSING DARK SIDE OF HISTORY OP-ED In apparent effort not to upset Putin's Russia, ANC government bans arms sales to Poland 4 min 38 By Ray Hartley and Greg Mills
ISS TODAY OP-ED Breaking down the BRIC wall and remedying the historical dissent stalling SA-US relations 4 min 3 By Priyal Singh for ISS TODAY
FOREIGN AFFAIRS OP-ED An EU point of view on Putin’s war lies and SA’s neutral stance 4 min 13 By Josep Borrell
AUTOCRACY ADORATION OP-ED Trying to make sense of the senseless — South Africa’s bizarre fealty to Russia 11 min 0 By SeanGossel
TAKING SIDES Diplomatic manoeuvres in South Africa amid the dark of a deadly war 5 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
WAR IN EUROPE Pandor declines appeal from European Union to persuade Russia to stop war against Ukraine 3 min 32 By Peter Fabricius
OP-ED Friendship or fiendship? South Africa’s weird love for Russia poses serious questions 4 min 9 By Greg Mills and Ray Hartley
ADMIRAL GORSHKOV Moscow confirms ‘cutting-edge’ frigate bearing hypersonic missiles will take part in naval exercise off SA 5 min 6 By Peter Fabricius
GEOPOLITICS EU foreign minister Josep Borrell takes a swipe at SA’s rapport with Russia ahead of visit 6 min 1 By Peter Fabricius
WAR GAMES OP-ED South Africa’s fawning at the feet of the Russians will carry high costs 4 min 11 By Greg Mills and Ray Hartley
A POSTCARD FROM AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE ‘Simplistic and infantile’ to demand Russia’s withdrawal from Ukraine, says Pandor after meeting Lavrov 5 min 80 By Peter Fabricius
GLOBAL FRIENDS Pandor and Lavrov meeting - South Africa defends planned military drills with Russia and China 3 min 27 By Carien du Plessis for Reuters
ISS TODAY OP-ED Russia’s Sergey Lavrov returns to Africa with aggressive charm offensive 3 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
'HOLOCAUST DISTORTION' Russia's foreign minister outrages Jewish community on eve of his visit to South Africa 3 min 1 By Peter Fabricius