Pandor’s comical UN speech quickly sinks into oblivion

As fears of nuclear war loom, SA’s foreign minister manages to give an entire speech to the General Assembly without mentioning Ukraine or Putin

25 September 2022 - 00:00

Imagine you addressed a conference on SA’s economic prospects, and you omitted to mention the catastrophic daily electricity blackouts darkening the country and imperilling business and investment. Or, as a conveyancing attorney, you forgot to state the price of the property sale you were briefed to execute...

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