South African Government Must Take Sides in the Russia Ukraine War, Says Nelson Mandela Foundation

• The Nelson Mandela Foundation has called on the South African Government to take a firm stance in the Russia-Ukraine war
• The foundation urged the government to show leadership and help negotiate a cease-fire to allow peace talks to begin
• Nelson Mandela expressed his frustration in 2003 when the world stood by when the US army and other Western powers invaded Iraq

PRETORIA - The Nelson Mandela Foundation has called on the South African government to get off the fence and take a side in the Russian Ukraine war.

The foundation wants the government to take harsher measures against Russia to put pressure on Vladimir Putin to halt the violence.

The government has been urged to show leadership and pressure Russia into agreeing to a ceasefire so that negotiations can begin.

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The statement from the foundation came after the Russian embassy thanked the support it was receiving from South Africa according to TimesLIVE.

The foundation's statement reminded South Africans that Nelson Mandela expressed his frustrations in 2003 over the lack of leadership and credible justification when the US and other Western countries invaded Iraq despite the United Nations had condemned the Iraq invasion.

JacarandaFM reported that there is a very real threat from nuclear fallout after reports of nuclear power plants coming under attack by Russian forces.

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Earlier, Briefly News reported that African students and others from foreign countries studying in Ukraine amid an unprovoked invasion from Russia are recalling the horror they faced as they made their escape from the war-torn country.

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Several students managed to flee the escalating crisis in the last few days as Russian troops blockaded the strategic Ukrainian port city of Mariupol. However, the most recent reports on the ground suggest the two countries are planning to hold new talks over the weekend.

SABC News reported that a group of students were confronted by soldiers, who pointed guns at them and ordered them back during their attempts to get on a train leaving Ukraine.

Oduola Adebowale, a Nigerian national studying towards a medical qualification, recalled how the Ukrainian battalion insisted that only pregnant women would be allowed to use the service from the city of Lviv to the Polish border.

Source: Briefly News