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Klaus Kotzé

Kotzé recently completed his PhD at The Centre for Rhetoric Studies (UCT) on the subject of BRICS and its strategies of persuasion.

South Africa: A Return to Statism amid COVID-19?

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South Africa take heed: “a virus is harmful, but the destruction of rights is fatal.”

Assessing South Africa’s Response to COVID-19

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After years of decay and deficiency, South Africa’s executive has stood up to the COVID-19 pandemic.

South African Diplomacy: Challenges and Opportunities

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In crisis lies opportunity, and nowhere is that more true than in South Africa’s foreign policy prospects.

The Center Holds in South Africa Elections

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South Africa’s recent general election has bucked the international trend toward populism by consolidating its democracy at the political center.

South Africa’s Energy Conundrum

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President Ramaphosa inherited a dire national energy outlook, but one that’s not without its own opportunities.

2019: Towards a New World (Dis)Order

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The BRICS model of mutually respectful state-to-state cooperation can serve as a valuable template for the post-US global order.

The Road Ahead: Examining South Africa’s New International Strategy

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It’s time for President Ramaphosa to break with recent past and reassert the moral and multilateral imperatives in South African foreign policy.

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