In Africa, French will only continue to embed itself - if speaking it is in the interests of Africans and not attached to French foreign policy...
External changes, including the end of the Cold War, helped lead to the ending of apartheid. Gorbachev played a major role in that process.
The latest cancellation reflects the pressure China feels it’s under in the international debt debate.
Like other tragic reformers in history, Gorbachev’s chief legacy is to remind us about what might have been, rather than what subsequently transpired.
South Africa’s healthcare services are overburdened. But this is not because of non-nationals.