This week, Vladimir Putin is basking in the limelight with leaders of the expanded Global South club, which includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and SA. It is important that SA maintains a sharp focus on what really matters: its own national interest.

The Kazan summit is important for Putin, who is facing Western sanctions for his illegal war on Ukraine. He will seek to show that he still has friends, especially China and India as well as Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Ethiopia...

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