UKRAINE UPDATE: 25 MAY 2023 German legislators approve €843m defence order; Wagner chief blasts outcomes of Putin’s war goals 6 min 0 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 24 MAY 2023 Russia says troops defeated assault in border area; Europe seeks to speed up training for Kyiv’s F-16 pilots 5 min 0 By Bloomberg
PORT IN AN INTERNATIONAL STORM In pictures — a whole lot of fokol being loaded on to the Lady R 5 min 33 By Victoria O’Regan
MERCENARY ARMS US says Russia’s Wagner seeking to transit military equipment through Mali 1 min 1 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 23 MAY 2023 Russia battles incursion by ‘saboteurs’; Zaporizhzhia atomic reactor reconnected to power grid 3 min 0 By Bloomberg
ISS TODAY OP-ED ANC ideological posturing on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sees SA’s hollow version of non-alignment fall flat 4 min 11 By Priyal Singh for ISS TODAY
WAR IN UKRAINE Russia relay — Presidency’s intelligence minister jets off to Moscow a week after the army chief’s visit 2 min 23 By Ferial Haffajee
ANALYSIS The 2023 Winter of Discontent is upon us — and we’re facing it more divided than ever 4 min 14 By Stephen Grootes
UKRAINE UPDATE: 22 MAY 2023 Zelensky says Bakhmut destruction echoes Hiroshima, proposes July peace summit 2 min 0 By Bloomberg
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS Russia-Ukraine conflict ‘far from being ripe for mediation’ as African delegation heads to Europe, say experts 4 min 11 By Peter Fabricius and Queenin Masuabi
AFRICA UNSCRAMBLED OP-ED Disaster on the Potomac as Washington sours on the ANC, with Agoa and Pepfar as potential collateral damage 5 min 26 By Phillip van Niekerk
TRADE RELATIONS SA’s ever-closer ties with Russia jeopardise R60bn in annual exports to US under Agoa deal 5 min 27 By Peter Fabricius
PARLIAMENT Beijing’s offer of help in power crisis was why Eskom chief tagged along to China – Gordhan 3 min 6 By Marianne Merten
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE Ukraine and Russia face off in June at World Court over flight MH17 1 min 0 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 17 MAY 2023 Heavy fighting around Bakhmut shifts lines of control; Kyiv shoots down 18 Russian missiles 3 min 2 By Bloomberg
ANC AND RUSSIA ANALYSIS Russia drama spells out why SA needs more eyes on political funding 4 min 3 By Rebecca Davis
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: Russia and South Africa — countries out of time 4 min 3 By Unknown Author
WAR IN EUROPE Ramaphosa set to join African mission to broker peace talks between Ukraine, Russia 3 min 40 By Queenin Masuabi
UKRAINE UPDATE: 16 MAY 2023 US to impose sanctions to curb Iran’s supply of drones to Russia; Sunak backs coalition to send fighter jets 4 min 0 By Bloomberg
PORT IN AN INTERNATIONAL STORM A painful price to pay — what’s really at stake in the US-SA-Russia squabble 10 min 11 By J Brooks Spector
