HILARY JOFFE: SA’s failure to nuance its stance on Russia is scary
The economic cost is becoming ever more evident
Japan’s foreign affairs ministry recently invited a group of journalists from the so-called Global South to visit Japan and cover the G7 summit in Hiroshima (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2023-05-21-g7-commits-to-solidarity-with-poorer-countries-but-africa-nowhere-to-be-seen/). I had the good fortune to be part of it.
The group was fun and fascinating and as much of a highlight as the tour itself. But one takeaway was the extent to which some of these other countries have done “nonaligned” in a way that is so much more strategic and pragmatic than SA has since Russia invaded Ukraine, and so much more aligned with their own self-interest...
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