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Inner circles | South Africa
How key ANC body steers South Africa's foreign policy

Lindiwe Zulu, chairperson of the ANC foreign policy sub-committee. © SOPA/Zuma Wire/Alamy Live News

At its conference in December, delegates from the ruling party will vote on a range of new national measures. Led by Lindiwe Zulu, the ANC's powerful international relations sub-committee is once again set to impose its will on the executive, with implications for Israel, Russia and Western Sahara. [...]

Published on 09.09.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 5 minutes Sébastien Hervieu

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