After four months of costly schoolboy blunders by the government, this has turned out to be a good week for the rule of law and our commitment to a human rights-based foreign policy.

Last Wednesday, the presidency announced that Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, will, after all, not be coming to SA in August. Putin, who has waged an illegal war against Ukraine, was due to attend a leaders’ summit of Brazil, India, China and SA (Brics) — a club in which Russia is a founding member...

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