UKRAINE UPDATE: 9 JUNE 2023 Zelensky visits flood-hit Kherson; SA risks losing R612bn in export revenue over 'non-aligned’ stance - economist 6 min 0 By Bloomberg
PUTIN PREDICAMENT Ramaphosa to call China’s Xi while Cabinet silent on moving BRICS Summit 4 min 5 By Victoria O’Regan and Peter Fabricius
45TH ANTARCTIC TREATY CONSULTATIVE MEETING South African opposition escalates calls for government accountability on Russian Antarctic prospecting 6 min 0 By Tiara Walters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 8 JUNE 2023 Kyiv troops advance in Bakhmut; Kakhovka dam destruction ‘a war crime’, say allies 6 min 0 By Bloomberg
POLYCRISIS MANAGEMENT Business leaders join forces with Ramaphosa to tackle economic crisis, Eskom, crime and corruption 3 min 85 By Ray Mahlaka
WAR IN EUROPE Ukrainian foreign minister welcomes African peace initiative — and spells out two immutable principles 4 min 1 By Peter Fabricius
POLITICS OF ALIGNMENT South Africa's connection with Putin's Russia - Your burning questions answered 4 min 0 By Ferial Haffajee, Sahra Heuwel and Janet Heard
UKRAINE UPDATE: 7 JUNE 2023 Wheat prices surge after Kakhovka dam blast; China and France work on ‘political settlement process’ 6 min 0 By Bloomberg
INTERVIEW Ukraine foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba speaks out on African Peace Initiative and negotiating from strongest position possible 8 min 6 By Greg Mills
UKRAINE UPDATE: 6 JUNE 2023 Fierce battles reported along the front lines; China and France discuss ceasefire conditions 5 min 0 By Bloomberg
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
ANALYSIS Putin’s (possible) visit to SA is a point of multiple (potential) fractures 5 min 9 By Stephen Grootes
THE SEA & THE SOUL Ukrainian polar captain: ‘I come from a family of seamen and long for Noosfera to return to my homeland’ 6 min 0 By Tiara Walters
OP-ED How the war in Ukraine will be won: David fells Goliath, and then the negotiating table 11 min 5 By Greg Mills
UKRAINE UPDATE: 5 JUNE 2023 Top Kyiv aide questions counteroffensive readiness; Putin gains influence in oil-rich Libya 4 min 0 By Bloomberg
ISS TODAY OP-ED President Andry Rajoelina and the extreme personalisation of power in Madagascar 4 min 1 By Peter Fabricius
UKRAINE UPDATE: 2 JUNE 2023 Zelensky urges Nato security guarantees; Russia says it repelled another border attack 5 min 0 By Bloomberg
WAR IN UKRAINE OP-ED Ukrainians believe South Africa is not neutral and is ‘squandering its moral capital’ 9 min 10 By Greg Mills