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
DAMAGE CONTROL Ramaphosa embarks on attempted ‘course correction’ of SA’s Russia stance 5 min 36 By Peter Fabricius
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
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
LAVROV-PANDOR MEET BRICS diplomat Sooklal rejects notion of moving summit away from SA to legally accommodate Putin 5 min 6 By Queenin Masuabi and Peter Fabricius
UKRAINE UPDATE: 1 JUNE 2023 Nato foreign ministers to discuss Kyiv’s membership bid; Russia’s Lavrov meets Mozambican leaders 5 min 0 By Bloomberg
AN ARRESTING MATTER BRICS foreign ministers meet in Cape Town as questions mount about Putin’s possible visit 4 min 14 By Peter Fabricius
UKRAINE UPDATE: 31 MAY 2023 Putin pledges to boost air defence around Moscow after drone strikes; IMF signs off on fresh disbursement of aid 4 min 0 By Bloomberg
BETWEEN SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS OP-ED South Africa desperately needs crafty diplomacy, not ideological posturing 6 min 2 By Gerrit Olivier and Jay van Wyk
UKRAINE UPDATE: 30 MAY 2023 Russia strikes airbase in heavy new bombardment; SA Reserve Bank sounds alarm on threat of sanctions 8 min 0 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 29 MAY 2023 Russia warns of escalation; Kyiv shoots down dozens of drones 3 min 0 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 26 MAY 2023 Wagner begins pulling out of Bakhmut; President Ramaphosa rules out SA abandoning neutral stance 5 min 2 By Bloomberg
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
