LETTER: SA’s love affair with Russia — how low have we sunk?
Naledi Pandor snapped laughing her head off with Russia’s foreign minister raises questions about our government’s integrity and empathy
05 June 2023 - 14:36
Support our award-winning journalism. The Premium package (digital only) is R30 for the first month and thereafter you pay R129 p/m now ad-free for all subscribers.
Naledi Pandor and Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov attend a press conference as Brics foreign ministers meet in Cape Town, June 1, 2023. Picture: REUTERS/NIC BOTHMA
When I was first confronted with the photograph on the front page of Business Day on Friday featuring international relations & co-operation minister Naledi Pandor and Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, it appeared that Pandor was crying.
I thought perhaps Lavrov had just told her about the number of people Russia has killed in Ukraine, the number of homes and buildings it has destroyed, and the number of children that have been torn from their mothers and sent to Russia.
Then I looked at the picture more closely and saw that Pandor wasn’t crying — she was laughing her head off. How low this government has sunk.
Nick Madsen
Cape Town
JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Send us an email with your comments to letters@businesslive.co.za. Letters of more than 300 words will be edited for length. Anonymous correspondence will not be published. Writers should include a daytime telephone number.
Support our award-winning journalism. The Premium package (digital only) is R30 for the first month and thereafter you pay R129 p/m now ad-free for all subscribers.
LETTER: SA’s love affair with Russia — how low have we sunk?
Naledi Pandor snapped laughing her head off with Russia’s foreign minister raises questions about our government’s integrity and empathy
When I was first confronted with the photograph on the front page of Business Day on Friday featuring international relations & co-operation minister Naledi Pandor and Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, it appeared that Pandor was crying.
I thought perhaps Lavrov had just told her about the number of people Russia has killed in Ukraine, the number of homes and buildings it has destroyed, and the number of children that have been torn from their mothers and sent to Russia.
Then I looked at the picture more closely and saw that Pandor wasn’t crying — she was laughing her head off. How low this government has sunk.
Nick Madsen
Cape Town
JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Send us an email with your comments to letters@businesslive.co.za. Letters of more than 300 words will be edited for length. Anonymous correspondence will not be published. Writers should include a daytime telephone number.
LETTER: Government’s Russia position is perilous for SA
LETTER: ANC out of touch with SA’s dismay at Russian aggression
LETTER: SA, in effect, is a rogue state
Would you like to comment on this article?
Sign up (it's quick and free) or sign in now.
Please read our Comment Policy before commenting.
Most Read
Related Articles
Russia claims to have checked big Ukrainian offensive, killing hundreds
Vatican envoy embarks on Ukrainian peace mission
Russia says Ukrainian Nato membership would cause problems for years
Published by Arena Holdings and distributed with the Financial Mail on the last Thursday of every month except December and January.