Minister of International Relations Lindiwe Sisulu, receiving  the panel’s report, South Africa must pass on the lessons and values learned from Nelson Mandela.

Former Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad, who heads the 10-person panel established by Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Lindiwe Sisulu last year says the country prioritises the needs of South Africans and seeks to to further the African agenda and contribute to maintaining global peace and security

Things have changed dramatically since the onset of democracy and South Africa no longer occupies the moral high ground it commanded under President Nelson Mandela .

“South Africa must reposition itself as a consistent moral compass and a principled voice of reason in a changing world increasingly characterized by selfish and narrow interests,” he said

Pahad says this is necessary for South Africa to be a critical player a world that is human, just, peaceful and equitable.

The post South Africa must regain moral high ground appeared first on Jean-Jacques Cornish.

He says by embracing populist nationalism and rejecting rules-based multi-lateralism, US President Donal Trump is risking this.

Speaking at meeting of South African envoys and foreign diplomats, Aziz Pahad, who heads the foreign policy review panel, labelled President Donald Trump’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly the most undiplomatic and belligerent address the world organization has heard.

He compared it to Soviet leader Nikita Kruschev removing his shoe and banging it on the table in the 60s and says its a new level of debate that does not bode well for a stable future.

Pahad says Trump is making the Middle East even more explosive and risks nuclear holocaust – intentional or unintentional – with China and Russia.

The post Pahad warns against sleepwalking into nuclear conflagration appeared first on Jean-Jacques Cornish.