How to lose friends and irritate people

South Africa’s clout is fast waning in countries where it matters, and if Trump wins our last resort will be Gary Player

21 January 2024 - 00:00

President Cyril Ramaphosa was in Kampala on Friday, addressing the 19th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, a body of almost spectacular irrelevance that nonetheless has more members than any organisation short of, I’m pretty sure, the United Nations...

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