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Taking a stand: In its submission to the UN Security Council, South Africa characterised the US action as a unilateral military strike and the removal
of President Nicolás Maduro and his spouse as an abduction in violation of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter. Photo: Mark Garten/United Nations

Venezuela widens US-SA rift

Cooperation between the two countries however continues across several domains and both governments retain an interest in maintaining functional relations

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

ANC denounces US actions against Venezuela as SACP plans a march against Washington

The two parties condemned the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife as a violation of international law

The country’s foreign policy is centred on human rights, democracy, international law, peace and an Africa-first perspective. Photo: File

South Africa’s sovereignty is not for sale

The country must stand up to bullying from powerful states and form bonds, as an autonomous nation, with countries that share our values

Tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk, with United States President Donald Trump, and Musk’s son X Æ A-12 in the Oval Office on Tuesday. Photo: @elonmusk

Why the US Is turning up the heat on South Africa

Some hard decisions are coming up as the United States tries to discredit South Africa’s standing on the world stage

Although he had been in power for just over a year when the country went to the polls, owing to the early recall of his predecessor, Jacob Zuma (R), in February 2018, the election of the ANC was a stamp of approval for Cyril Ramaphosa (L) to lead South Africa through a sound domestic and foreign policy.

After disastrous Zuma years, Ramaphosa must provide foreign policy clarity

For a country that is guided by ubuntu, South Africa has a record of embarrassing international blunders

Both now are G20 countries and in similar respects punch above their weight in their respective hemispheres — South Africa as one of the two largest economies on the African continent, and Germany as one of the three (very soon to be two) biggest economies in the EU. (Graphic: John McCann)

How South Africa and Germany can help the world

Both countries have a strong orientation towards multilateralism and democratic values

Eddy Maloka pulls no punches. He speaks frankly about the decline of South African foreign policy and the “administrative regression” that started during Jacob Zuma’s presidency.

A peek into SA’s foreign policy black box

South Africa’s foreign policy performance, over its first quarter-century democratic governance, is put under the spotlight

Former president Thabo Mbeki’s concerns were not limited to Africa. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Mbeki on South Africa’s foreign policy shortcomings — and his brush with neo-Nazis

The former president says that South Africa needs clearer foreign policy positions on a range of continental and global issues

Africa does not lack ideals; it has proclaimed them often and well. What it now requires is discipline, execution and political courage on a continental scale. The most fitting tribute to the founders will not be remembrance. It will be readiness.

SA’s new foreign policy agenda must embrace human rights

The team charged with reviewing South Africa’s foreign policy must keep in mind the principles of dignity and human rights

US President Donald Trump (Kevin Dietsch/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

South Africa’s foreign policy has been at sixes and sevens – here’s why

Against the backdrop of drifts in the country’s foreign policy, defining a strategic impetus in global affairs has become all the more important.

SA isn’t kowtowing on foreign policy

SA isn’t kowtowing on foreign policy, insists Zuma

No other country or individual dictates South Africa’s foreign policy, President Jacob Zuma has said in the wake of the Dalai Lama visa debacle.

China’s big economic stick: No Dalai Lama allowed

China’s big economic stick: No Dalai Lama allowed

The Chinese government is increasingly using economic pressure to bully foreign governments into not meeting the Dalai Lama.

SA defends ‘ambivalent’ stance on Syria

SA defends ‘ambivalent’ stance on Syria

President Zuma’s special adviser on foreign relations has defended South Africa’s decision to abstain on a UN resolution on sanctions against Syria.

SA’s stance on Libya furthers rogue trend

SA’s stance on Libya furthers rogue trend

The South African government’s double standards on human rights issues are not going unmarked, says <b>Greg Mills</b>.

Zuma wields the axe ‘for the good of SA’

SA joins Brics club to punch above its weight

Jacob Zuma on Thursday joins a club of the world’s most important developing nations at a summit in China, the latest effort to assert his n

Beyond the Mbeki doctrine

Two years since he was booted out of the Union Buildings, Thabo Mbeki still seems to be setting the agenda on some crucial foreign policy questions.