Mpumelelo Mkhabela | SA's jellyfish approach to human rights unlikely to see it arrest Putin

Speculation is rife about whether South Africa will arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin if he participate in the BRICS summit this year. South Africa is legally speaking, duty-bound by the Rome Statute to arrest Putin. However, as history shows, SA has disregarded the statute before, writes Mpumelelo Mkhabela.

South Africa's transition from apartheid-era gross human rights violations to a human rights-based constitutional democracy still raises high expectations about the country's foreign policy.