EDITORIAL: South Africa’s farce sans frontières
The ‘peace mission’ has exposed the government’s lack of understanding of the very basics of diplomacy
21 June 2023 - 06:30
International diplomacy is sometimes about the small things: punctuality; the correct form of address; sensitivity to local customs — naming conventions, say.
It’s not about dropping 12 crates of weapons and 120 highly trained police and special forces personnel on the tarmac of a foreign country without the requisite permits...
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