TOM EATON | Marriage of (in)convenience: what Ramaphosa will condemn and what he won’t
At this point it’s safe to assume that Pyongyang and Pretoria are distant allies, and maybe not so distant
24 October 2024 - 21:43
When Cyril Ramaphosa was negotiating the end of apartheid with the nationalist regime he would have shaken a lot of bloody hands, but even he must be surprised to find himself an ally, or at least an ally-in-law, of North Korea...
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