Questions linger on South Africa’s neutrality in Russia-Ukraine conflict

Radio 702
12 May 2023

South Africa stands accused of supplying weapons to Russia, even though the country has always maintained a non-aligned position in the Russia-Ukraine war. In this interview with Radio 702, the head of SAIIA’s African Governance and Diplomacy Programme, Steven Gruzd, says it makes it more difficult to maintain a posture of neutrality if South Africa is indeed supplying arms to Russia.

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