South Africa has launched a joint naval exercise with Russia and China.
Government says this is a routine exercise.
But it has fueled domestic criticism and fears the drills will endanger important relations with Western partners.
We were joined by Timothy Walker.
He is the Maritime Project Leader and Senior Researcher at the Institute for Security Studies.
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SA MUST STOP JUSTIFYING THEMSELVES ‼️
It's obvious that SA is siding with slaughters. We've been slaughtered by severe curruption,loadshedding now sanctions are on the way. Being so poor!!
Know your history
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_Moscow_protest
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93South_Africa_relations
They fought with the boers in 1943
And had a protest in moscow over racially motivated killings in 1963.
We invested more in them than they have in us.
The west nor the east are our friends, the just want our resources like the colonizers of old.
It's time to break away from oppressors before they repeat what they did, it's time to change history.
The more we side with Russia and China, the more we will be able to do land expropriation from colonizers.
We cant afford to take sides and we need to be a friendly country for the sake of growing our economy
We done drills with USA as well💀
France, Germany and the USA are African enemy. U can't compare those countries relationship with African to the relationship of African with Russia. U have just enjoyed those be of your originality dude
It has not been that long ago when those enemy states brought misery to African in Libya, Ethiopia and many other regions in Africa. Stop lying to us.
I wonder if there are no African in south Africa or why does sabc decided to interview a western person about south Africa relationship with other countries
WE SUPPORT RUSSIA! RUSSIA IS OUR FRIEND AND ALLY PERIOD!!
This Guy's comments are biased,he has forgotten that the majority in this country are black people,if he talks about doctrines,whose doctrines? Again he is talking about working together, with whom? Slave Masters! What have they done for Africans for the past 300year, nothing but continuous slavery and poverty.It is the Russians who sponsored the liberation movements in Southern Africa
After liberation, it was these same Slave Masters who manipulated and corrupted African Leadership so that we cannot have peace, today they continue sponsoring terrorism and violence in Africa so that they continue taking our resources away for almost nothing!So they want us to continuously tow their line,no,we want this to change!
Well. The up side is it's a few less Russian rust buckets that aren't annoying the Ukrainians, who'd likely put it at the bottom of the Black Sea where it belongs anyway.
The drills are ongoing, will surely see their last day and the West will have to live with it.
What a load of crap! These joint exercises are a slap in the face of the Ukranian people and their allies. SABC doesn’t condemn it, they are afraid. This isn’t independent journalism, it is flagrant cowardness. I mean, the ANC not even capable running their own country properly. However, for some reason what’s taken place fits in perfectly. South-Africa is placing itself in a position where two players are on the brink of ruling your country, namely Russia and China. They don ‘t do that because they love South Africa, be warned!
war against the global south is commencing
Whites like to lecture us like children…
South Africa is an independent country and is a member of BRICS. It is their rights.
This dude is an idiot
It is strange that people in Western countries had great sympathy for a democratic South Africa, perceive the country as such, like to travel there, and then South Africa fraternises with countries that are not democracies. Why is South Africa betraying the values it wanted for itself and those who supported it? How corrupt must the government be that it now makes common cause with the Russians and the Chinese? Was it a mistake to reach out to the Mandelas? Bad, South Africa is a disappointment.
This honky apologist can f off. Thank you, SA
30 YEARS OF U.S EXPANSION AND ENCIRCLING OF RUSSIA, PLACING BALLISTIC MISSILES IN FORMER RUSSIAN STATE POINTING AT RUSSIA. U;S LEAD COUP IN UKRAINE IN 2014. 14 K RUSSIAN SPEAKING PEOPLE KILLED IN BUNBASS, U.S IGNORING ALL OF RUSSIA RED LINES AND WE BLAME RUSSIA. NO SELF RESPECTING LEADER IS GOING TO ALLOW ANOTHER NATION TO PLACE BALLISTIC MISSILES IN UKRAINE THAT CAN REACH ANY MAJOR RUSSIAN CITY IN 20 MUNITES. THIS IS ALL ABOUT MAINTAINING US GLOBAL HEGEMONY.
This could only end in a disaster…
So British colonialist is upset about South Africa? After plundering, murdering and looting us, he wants us to stay with Stockholm Syndrome. My channel has videos which make nonsense of "invasion". What a cheek given Merkel and Holllande admitted Minsk was a sham to give the West more time to arm Ukraine
I smell properganda
The world should realise that SA is corrupt and not a friend of the West. The anc government want western money but hate them.
Shame on South Africa.
South Africa needs Chinese and the Russian. US and NATO are evil. The war in the Ukraine started in 2014. Do your research man
Shut your sheepled brainwashed puppeted mouth. You are evil just like the terrorist just like the one in your white house
What does he mean by a confusing message? South Africa has been very clear that it no longer wants to be dominated by the colonial powers (aka NATO). That's a pretty clear and straightforward message.
Explain why south Africa is falling
The US is an expert at making enemies