The contradictions and failure to commit to a foreign policy premised on upholding human rights saw an escalation recently when Zuma briefed the diplomatic corps on SA’s foreign policy ahead of the upcoming United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Zuma has made a number of highly problematic and questionable remarks that , when taken together with recent actions by him and his government, mark a distinct departure from the position taken by Mandela.

He has blamed the intervention of the West through the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation in Libya in 2011 for the current migration crisis in Europe.

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