South Africa has invited Vladimir Putin to the BRICS summit. But with an international arrest warrant out for the Russian president, it faces arresting Putin if he comes. It's trying to avoid that at all costs.
While load shedding is a true economic disaster, it pales in comparison with the consequences of truth shedding, which includes South Africa’s embrace of Russia.
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has confirmed that South African Army Chief Lieutenant General Lawrence Mbatha is in Moscow, in Russia for a bilateral meeting between the two military establishments. The SANDF stated that the engagement is a long standing arrangement and added that South Africa receives numerous military delegations into the country and sends its own to other countries.