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Dr Greg Mills is with the Platform for African Democrats. A former national director of the South African Institute of International Affairs, Mills has advised governments across Africa on economic reform and conflict resolution. He has authored or co-authored numerous books on development and geopolitics, including Why Africa is Poor, The Asian Aspiration and Rich State, Poor State: Why Some States Succeed and Others Fail.
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The real failure isn’t at South Africa’s borders – it’s Pretoria’s silence at authoritarianism in neighbouring states
Yoweri Museveni’s son represents a new wave of repression sweeping East Africa, raising concerns about democracy, rights and complicity
Khumbudzo Ntshavheni channelled the totalitarian leaders of Orwell’s ‘1984’ at a recent event, where ‘doublespeak’ was the order of the day
The gathering of the Brics foreign ministers in New Delhi last week was an exercise in irrelevance
The spectre of the doomsday coalition is back, as the president’s leadership comes under close scrutiny
While the rest of the world has been riven by populism and the rise of extremists, South Africa has embraced the political centre
Who’s likely to benefit in the US-Iran war? Greg Mills and Ray Hartley analyse the balance sheet
Trump’s Iran war looks reckless. But if Tehran’s military and proxy powers are being systematically weakened, his critics may be missing something
By backing Iran and ignoring other violations of international law, South Africa risks losing the moral authority that once defined its diplomacy
South Africa’s stance on Iran is as predictable as it is hypocritical. Not least given the latest assault on Zimbabwe’s democratic laws
South Africa’s international relations require derisking, not provocation. Dirco hasn’t got the memo
South Africa is poking the US bear by conducting war games with Iran, Russia and China. That may come back to bite it
South Africa’s selective outrage is two-faced: loud at the UN on the US, silent on African strongmen. Pretoria keeps gambling with its credibility
US-South Africa relations are under significant stress. Cyril Ramaphosa’s government could play the issue more smartly
The G20 event was marked most by US and Chinese absentia. These absences send a message – that South Africa is ignorable, despite the pomp.
An open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa ahead of his visit to the White House
