South Africa’s reluctance to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its decision to allow sanctioned Russian vessels to dock at its ports have already ramped up tensions with the US, UK and EU who are backing Ukraine in the conflict.“This gives the impression of not being neutral but being biased to one side. Clearly it can alienate us from important trade partners, the West,” said DA shadow defence minister Kobus Marais.
“This is in the best interests of Russia,” Marais said, calling it “another bad judgment, an embarrassment”. While the exercise follows a similar event in 2019, it comes about a year after Russia invaded Ukraine, an event that brought into the open South Africa’s close ties with Russia due to historical support for the country’s liberation struggle and their membership of the Brics group of nations.
The US, Germany, Japan and the UK are leading trading partners for South Africa, while Russia isn’t in the top 15. Spokespeople from South Africa’s defence ministry and navy didn’t answer calls or immediately reply to emails.
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We are for BRICS!!we are members !we not The NATO memebers! their enemies are not our enemies!!
This is called 'neutral' huh
We are independent country
What Navy?
I don't get the African obsession with commies and dictators..🙄
Ramaphosa is just a vloek. What about talking to Russia, & Chinese to help him with electricity. That is just useless drills
Their enemies aren't our enemies.
No one had a problem when SA Army did exercise with the USA so whats the problem with the Russian n China.
I would just like to Point out to the world !! This is not South Africas choice this is the ANC brainless choice!!!!
What's so difficult to say america and Europe 🧐🚮🚮
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Who's doing the criticism, a small minority in charge of the media. Ukraine will find no love here , Russia is correct no amount of useless reports will change the feeling on the ground
We have to vote for a new government in 2024. The old ANC and EFF revolutionary-minded way of thinking is fast throttling South Africa to death. We need a new vision of an open & truly non-racial, freely competitive society & stop all this nonsense with social re-engineering.
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