SA reached a new low when it failed to condemn Russian aggression
People take part in a protest against Russia's military operation in Ukraine, in in New York, the US, February 24 2022. Picture: JEENAH MOON/ REUTERSFor decades the struggle against apartheid was embraced by people across the globe, and the then imprisoned Nelson Mandela was a powerful and inspiring symbol of the fight for justice. When he got out of prison and became president of the “new” SA, he largely stayed true to his convictions and idealism.
Unfortunately, that has long been squandered, and the times when SA has been on the wrong side of the moral argument in key votes at the UN are too numerous to list. Mandela was probably the last prominent ANC leader to condemn Robert Mugabe’s brutality and the destruction of Zimbabwe’s democracy. By the time Mugabe died in 2019 not enough time had passed for former president Thabo Mbeki to have reflected on his acts of folly, and he heaped praise on the despot as an African patriot.
Ukrainian tanks move into Mariupol, after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorised a military operation in eastern Ukraine, February 24 2022. Picture: CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS SA likes to think of itself as the pre-eminent country in Africa, yet the strongest voice came from Kenya, with its ambassador at the UN making a powerful speech in defence of nations’ sovereignty.directly took on Putin’s denial of Ukraine’s right to statehood on the grounds that it was an artificial creation.
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