SA not critical enough of Russia, Chinese military drills, says Stellenbosch uni prof
JOHANNESBURG - With one year today since the war in Ukraine began, South Africa's military drills with Russian and Chinese forces have once again been called into question.
On Thursday, the United Nations called for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine, and the motion was backed by 141 nations. Thirty-two other countries abstained, including South Africa and China, and seven, including Russia, voted against the motion.Stellenbosch University's military sciences professor Francois Vrey said that in the light of the vote, South Africans should be critical of the military drills.
“This plays out against a political backdrop and that the navy are only instruments of policy, so if people are very critical of this, they should be very critical about the political decision to do this, and that the navy's under military professionalism they go where there political heads decide.
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