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Stephan Lichtenauer | נח סתו「Another lesson is that public opinion matters and the perception of the value and condition of SA has deteriorated to the point that many would question why they would now stick up for a country with anti-democratic foreign policy vectors.[…]After 1994, the <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/ANC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ANC</a> basked in the glory of global approval, the early success of the transition gaining SA a slice of the moral high ground, able to punch above its weight in international fora. But <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/NelsonMandela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NelsonMandela</a> is long gone and it is apparent that the old anti-West agenda has been dusted off by a new class of politicians fond of rents and those who dispense them.The ANC no longer has the wiggle room it once enjoyed. <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SouthAfrica</a> is now judged as any other country and is being found wanting.[…]There is a pattern here: South Africa takes an ill-considered position and then backpedals furiously when the diplomatic chickens come home to roost.The trouble with this strategy is that it creates an impression that the country is not being honest about its true feelings which, on the evidence, suggests it desires a decisive pivot away from the world of <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democratic</a> nations towards that dominated by <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/authoritarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarians</a>, but wants its <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Western" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Western</a> partners to ignore this.Regrettably for South Africa, there is a growing lobby in the <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> and elsewhere that takes a dim view of this pivot, that wants to stop this charade and remove privileges that the country enjoys under the <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Agoa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Agoa</a> trade deal, among others.The ANC now faces the cold winds of disapproval which it is struggling to deal with, in part because it is now so full of its brand of sanctimonious ideological bunkum that it can’t see straight, because foreign policy was until now seen as a relatively cost-free domain in which to prove one’s liberation credentials in the absence of delivery at home, and partly because there may be inducements pulling it in other directions.This is despite the fact there may be some in the ANC who realise that they have taken it a bit too far, that hostility to the Western industrial democracies comes at a cost which the ANC cannot afford, and the scrambling, spin-doctoring and schmoozing is not going to cut it. 」<a href="https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-04-07-naledi-pandor-is-treading-the-pik-botha-path-to-sas-diplomatic-oblivion/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-04-07-naledi-pandor-is-treading-the-pik-botha-path-to-sas-diplomatic-oblivion/</a><a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/ForeignPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ForeignPolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/BrenthurstFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrenthurstFoundation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Pandor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pandor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/NalediPandor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NalediPandor</a>

nikolSouth African Foreign Minister Naledi <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/Pandor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pandor</a>, who was at the court when the judges delivered their ruling, said she had been “hoping” for the provisional measures to include the order of a <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/ceasefire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ceasefire</a>.But Pandor also argued that she did not see how Israel could implement the measures directed by the <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/ICJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICJ</a> without a ceasefire.ICJ rules Israel must prevent acts of <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#genocide</a> in <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaza</a>: Key takeaways <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/26/icj-rules-israel-must-prevent-acts-of-genocide-in-gaza-key-takeaways" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/26/icj-rules-israel-must-prevent-acts-of-genocide-in-gaza-key-takeaways</a>

Stephan Lichtenauer | נח סתו4/“In her conversations with G7 foreign ministers so far, <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Pandor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pandor</a> has evidently been told very clearly that the six <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Africa</a>|n presidents’ peace initiative is a non-starter if it does not respect <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/sovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sovereignty</a> and territorial integrity. In other words, no peace plan will be accepted unless it is based on <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Moscow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Moscow</a> returning to Ukraine the approximately 18% of its territory which Russian troops now <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/occupy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#occupy</a>.”

Karin Kaup LapõninLavrov heading to South Africa next Monday on his Africa ‘charm’ offensive. South African Minister of Foreign Affairs alesi Pandor likely to welcome him warmly. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/russiaisaterroriststate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#russiaisaterroriststate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Pandor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Pandor</a> <a href="https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-01-17-russian-foreign-minister-sergey-lavrov-heads-for-pretoria-on-his-africa-charm-offensive/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-01-17-russian-foreign-minister-sergey-lavrov-heads-for-pretoria-on-his-africa-charm-offensive/</a>

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