Diplomatic encounters of the difficult kind

Ramaphosa will soon learn how poor our diplomatic representation abroad is. Pity that he probably won’t care

04 September 2022 - 00:02

Suddenly there’s a burst of American interest in SA. Secretary of state Antony Blinken was in SA last month. Now President Cyril Ramaphosa is going to Washington to meet President Joe Biden in a few weeks. A summit! Blinken must have delivered the invitation personally...

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