South Africa: “Our human rights blind spot”

South Africa: “Our human rights blind spot”

South Africa’s failure to condemn the tyrants in Africa, Iran and elsewhere harms its own interests We need to live up to Nelson Mandela’s promise that “human rights will be the light that guides our foreign affairs”. February 05, 2026 at 05:00 am By Greg Mills, Financial Mail It’s been a bad month for African democrats. In False Bay in January, South Africa joined China, Iran, Russia and the UAE in a naval exercise that was not, by any stretch…