The president’s apparent naivete is disturbing as Russia ratchets up its aggression against targets in Ukraine
There is something pathetic about President Cyril Ramaphosa’s efforts to spin the way he is handling Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and his apparent naivete is ever more disturbing as Russia ratchets up its aggression against military and civilian targets alike.
Not that it matters in a global context: SA is a bit player and any notion that it could play any meaningful role in mediating a vicious conflict launched unilaterally by Russia simply reflects delusions of grandeur. SA may once have mattered in the era of Nelson Mandela, and it still sometimes punches above its weight in global forums such as the Group of 20, but it’s a small, shrinking and faraway economy and it matters little to the world now.
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