SOUTH AFRICA IS BACK AT THE CENTRE OF AFRICA’S SECURITY TABLE

South Africa’s election to the African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) is more than a diplomatic win in Addis Ababa. It is a statement: Pretoria is reclaiming its place at the centre of Africa’s peace and security architecture.  At a time when coups are no longer shocking, terrorism is mutating across the Sahel, and […]

SOUTH AFRICA DRAWS THE LINE WITH ISRAEL

South Africa’s decision to declare Israel’s Chargé d’Affaires, Ariel Seidman, persona non grata is not just a diplomatic slap on the wrist. It is a calculated way for South Africa to assert sovereignty. And this is a warning shot fired across the bow of a relationship that has been deteriorating in plain sight. In the […]