KHAYA SITHOLE: SA’s precarious perch on the diplomatic tightrope
Elected leaders need to find ways to navigate safely through the chaos of international relations
27 March 2025 - 05:00
In the increasingly complicated world of the Donald Trump prism of geopolitics, where every country has to figure out where it teeters on the diplomatic tightrope, no country’s fate has been as complicated and convoluted as that of SA.
Long before Trump’s return to the White House, SA had to deal with the megaphone diplomacy of then US ambassador Reuben Brigety, who alleged that US intelligence had it on good authority that SA was offering support to Russia in the aftermath of its invasion of Ukraine...
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