UKRAINE UPDATE: 8 MAY 2023 Wagner chief walks back threat to abandon Bakhmut battle; Russia ramps up evacuations in occupied regions 4 min 0 By Bloomberg
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS The landing of a sanctioned Russian plane at Waterkloof undermines Mufamadi’s US mission 5 min 49 By Peter Fabricius
ISS TODAY OP-ED Pretoria’s Putin puzzle — South Africa once again on the horns of an ICC dilemma 4 min 1 By Peter Fabricius
WAR IN EUROPE Moscow says US behind Kremlin drone attack; air raid sirens sound in Kyiv 3 min 0 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 5 MAY 2023 Zelensky addresses International Criminal Court; Russia claims US behind drone strike on Kremlin 7 min 1 By Bloomberg
AFRICA UNSCRAMBLED Wagner's Yevgeny Prigozhin – the man who would be king on two continents 6 min 0 By Phillip van Niekerk
UKRAINE UPDATE: 4 MAY 2023 Zelensky denies Moscow claim of Kremlin strike; Russia launches drone attacks on several cities 8 min 0 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 3 MAY 2023 Russia’s oil exports show no sign of threat to cut output; Senate Republican leader slams Biden for ‘dithering’ 4 min 0 By Bloomberg
OP-ED China, India and Brazil in favour of UN resolution describing Russia as aggressor - SA abstains - what now? 3 min 22 By Greg Mills and Ray Hartley
BRICS SUMMIT Russian ambassador says he has no indication Putin will not visit SA 6 min 5 By Peter Fabricius
TYRANTS AND TOONS OP-ED The Cartoonist and the Tyrant — the Masha Moskalev story 7 min 2 By John Curtis
SAME SAME BUT DIFFERENT DA and ANC on same page about Agoa, but Steenhuisen touts ‘ANC is not South Africa’ to US 5 min 18 By Peter Fabricius
WAR IN EUROPE Ukraine latest: US says 20,000 Russian fighters killed in battle over Bakhmut 3 min 0 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 2 MAY 2023 Dozens hurt in Russian cruise missile strikes; Zelensky in talks with Canada’s Trudeau 3 min 0 By Bloomberg
CABINET BRIEFINGS Ramaphosa appoints inter-ministerial committee on SA's ICC stance, Winde threat of Putin arrest dismissed 3 min 16 By Suné Payne
RELEASED US basketball star Brittney Griner says hope kept her going during Russian penal colony detention 3 min 0 By Liliana Salgado and Amy Tennery
REALITY CHECK Ramaphosa delegation in the US to persuade Washington not to drop SA’s trade benefits 4 min 55 By Peter Fabricius
GOVERNANCE BLUNDERS A confederacy of dunces: Ramaphosa is drowning in a sea of morbid symptoms 6 min 26 By Ray Hartley and Greg Mills
UKRAINE UPDATE: 28 APRIL 2023 Xi faces uphill battle to portray China as neutral broker; Russia rejects US request to visit jailed WSJ reporter 4 min 0 By Bloomberg
