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
GEOPOLITICS OP-ED How South Africa’s cooperation with Ukraine can change the world 7 min 0 By Dmytro Koval, Nick Yurlov and Erik Kucherenko
ANALYSIS With friends like these — Ramaphosa likely to face intense scrutiny after chaotic ‘peace mission’ 5 min 40 By Stephen Grootes
AFRICAN PEACE MISSION Why was Ramaphosa’s security detail grounded in Poland - pro-Russia perceptions, or underprepared securocrats? 3 min 81 By Peter Fabricius
UKRAINE UPDATE: 19 JUNE 2023 Kyiv’s troops make small advances; Putin rebuffs African leaders’ peace initiative 4 min 0 By Bloomberg
AFRICAN PEACE MISSION Ramaphosa meets Putin and presents 10-point plan to end war between Ukraine and Russia 5 min 7 By Queenin Masuabi
AFRICAN PEACE MISSION Mission impossible? SAA plane remains grounded following initial premature Polish clearance for take-off 5 min 35 By Queenin Masuabi
AFRICAN PEACE MISSION Standoff at Warsaw airport after officials try to confiscate weapons from Ramaphosa’s Presidential Protection Unit 3 min 60 By Queenin Masuabi
UKRAINE UPDATE: 16 JUNE 2023 Kakhovka dam destruction redraws battlefield map; Nato defence ministers meet in Brussels 6 min 0 By Bloomberg
WAR IN EUROPE Peace mission commences - Ramaphosa and African leaders to meet Zelensky then Putin 4 min 6 By Queenin Masuabi and Peter Fabricius
UKRAINE UPDATE: 15 JUNE 2023 Kyiv reports counteroffensive ‘partial success’; Belarus hints at already receiving Russian nuclear bombs 5 min 0 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 14 JUNE 2023 US announces another $325m in military assistance; Nato chief says counteroffensive ‘gaining momentum’ 5 min 0 By Bloomberg
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
UKRAINE UPDATE: 13 JUNE 2023 France, Germany and Poland back Kyiv’s counteroffensive; Cuban PM in Moscow to deepen ties 5 min 0 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 12 JUNE 2023 Kyiv forces reportedly recapture Donetsk village; Wagner chief says his mercenaries won’t sign ministry contracts 5 min 0 By Bloomberg
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
BRICS CONUNDRUM Ramaphosa calls Putin after crunch Cabinet meeting and ahead of Africa-led peace mission 2 min 19 By Peter Fabricius
UKRAINE UPDATE: 8 JUNE 2023 Kyiv troops advance in Bakhmut; Kakhovka dam destruction ‘a war crime’, say allies 6 min 0 By Bloomberg
WAR IN EUROPE Ukrainian foreign minister welcomes African peace initiative — and spells out two immutable principles 4 min 1 By Peter Fabricius
