Devious Cyril has created a diplomatic fiasco over support for Russia

It could not get any worse. As much as the South African foreign affairs bosses tried to scramble a recovery on Friday after being publicly accused by the American ambassador of selling arms to the Russians as they pursue their invasion of Ukraine, enormous damage has been done to our relations with the US, with which we do some R400bn worth of trade and have, throughout our society, a huge cultural affinity.