A year after bold promises, Cyril Ramaphosa’s weak spots are clear: taps and safety. The rest of the Cabinet tells a better story. Anything President Cyril Ramaphosa says in his State of the Nation Address on Thursday evening, 12 February,…
Peter Fabricius
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Military experts have suggested that Defence Minister Angie Motshekga, along with all the top officers implicated in the Iran naval drill fiasco, should face the music. Who are the major players in this mess? The board of inquiry into the…
Peter Fabricius
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Iran has three warships waiting in False Bay, but they will not join South Africa, China, Russia and the UAE in the naval exercise Will for Peace. Iran has withdrawn from the joint naval exercise about to start in False…
Peter Fabricius
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South Africa is unlikely to gatecrash — though at least one other G20 member thinks it should. South Africa is unlikely to try to gatecrash the first G20 meeting under the US G20 presidency this month, though at least one…
Peter Fabricius
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Despite the ‘challenges and misunderstandings’ that have arisen between SA and the US, the President says SA remains a ‘firm and unwavering friend to the American people’. President Cyril Ramaphosa has called US President Donald Trump’s false claims that South…
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