ANC may have struck a secret deal with Putin - SU researcher Dzvinka Kachur

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This podcast reaffirms how the truth is often stranger than fiction. Only a few years ago, it took civic society activistsand an independent legal system to block Russian president Vladimir Putin's nuclear power plundering attempts which would have bankrupted South Africa. But there was no stopping a secret deal Putin appears to have struck with the ANC ahead of Russia's almost universally condemned invasion of Ukraine. In this fascinating interview, SA-based Ukrainian Dzvinka Kachur shares the back story to the SA government's bizarre stance. Married to a South African and employed as a researcher (into Russian disinformation) at Stellenbosch University, Kachur combines her knowledge with on-the-ground insights from parents who live on the 5th floor of a Kyiv apartment block. She presents a mountain of circumstantial evidence which suggests SA president Cyril Ramaphosa agreed to a Faustian pact with Putin. The kind of deal the Russian president-for-life specialises in - similar to one struck with the Moscow-supporting Ukrainian president removed by the storied Revolution of Dignity in 2014. Kachur says this is the only explanation for Pretoria's irrational approach which is almost opposite of what could be anticipated from a democracy with SA's history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
24 Mar 2022 11AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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