EXPLAINER: What is at stake from the Lady R fallout
SA is strategically important to the world, and Americans know it
14 May 2023 - 17:22
It has become common cause that Reuben Brigety, the US’s ambassador to SA, only apologised for protocol breaches in communicating Washington’s displeasure at SA’s alleged arming of Russia in its war against Ukraine.
His core allegation, on which he has bet his life — that SA has provided weapons to Russia — stands. So too does the threat of a wider economic fallout from the diplomatic incident...
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