The hope is for pragmatism to drive a transition process. Obsessive adherence to ideological preferences will not build national unity or a sound foreign policy.
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Support for the Palestinian cause has remained a steadfast element of South African foreign policy since the ANC came into power in 1994.
The trend globally is for countries to be explicit about their maritime interests, underpinned by a sound security strategy.
The meetings between Blinken and his South African counterpart Naledi Pandor could help iron out misunderstandings about the intent of the US targeting Russian ‘malign’ activities in Africa.
Leon mulls over the Democratic Alliance’s biggest challenge: ‘how to maintain its majority support among minorities, and increase its meagre voter share among the black majority’.
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Research Coordinator, Security Institute for Governance and Leadership in Africa, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of International and Diplomacy Studies, Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs, University of South Africa
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Scholar in Residence, University of Houston