Ramaphosa's travelling circus: jokers, clowns and diplomacy stuck in the middle of nowhere

18 June 2023 - 00:00

It’s been difficult to suppress a chuckle at the misfortune of President Cyril Ramaphosa's security crew, which was left stranded at the airport in Warsaw while he took a jolly train ride to Kyiv. Pity the people on board, but the sight of the plane on the tarmac, with its important cargo of weapons lying around, seemed weird. It provided some light relief to our grim existence...

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