PHUTHI MAHANYELE-DABENGWA | From fragility to reform: SA’s new voice on the world stage

TimesLive | 14.12.2025 05:00
In a world fracturing along political, economic and cultural lines, retreat has become a default reflex. Many countries are pulling inward, insulating themselves behind industrial policy, strategic rivalry and domestic contestation. South Africa, by contrast, has taken a more demanding route: we have chosen to engage, to negotiate, to reform, and to remain open to partnership rather than defined by fragmentation.