SA edging from ‘skunk to saviour’ in global arena
THE story of democratic South Africa and its approach to human rights in the rest of the world is a tale of woe.
For two-and-a-half decades, its foreign policy mostly failed to defend internationally – and quite often contradicted – the human rights principles contained in its Constitution.
An assessment in the Washington Post more than a decade ago still rings true:
“South Africa remains an example of freedom while devaluing and undermining the freedom of others. It is the product of a conscience it does not display.”
Why has South Africa behaved this way?
Surprisingly, it
