Failed mutiny in Russia opens a pothole on the road to a ‘new world order’ and gives SA a chance to reassess whether we haven’t missed the bigger picture in our Pandor(ing) to the Russian despot
Russian President Vladimir Putin cut an uncharacteristically helpless figure last Saturday as the waxen mask of invincibility slipped, even if just for a while, but maybe forever. Can Humpty Dumpty ever be the same again, and what of those like SA that deified him as the guardian of the portal to a brave new world? ..From World War 1 to present-day cosmopolitan South Africa and beyond, the Sunday Times has been a pillar in covering the stories that matter to you.
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