🇿🇦 South Africa Jun 14, 2026

Iran, Hamas and the ANC: How South Africa got played at the ICJ

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Iran, Hamas and the ANC: How South Africa got played at the ICJ
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South Africa launched its genocide case against Israel at the ICJ in late 2023 with all the moral urgency of a government that believed history was watching. Now it has requested an 18-month extension just to file its written submission. Political scientist Kenneth Moeng Mokgatlhe unpacks the contradiction — and it is a damaging one. The case has already cost taxpayers R130 million, none of the 22 Arab states bordering the conflict saw fit to lead such a challenge, and relations with Washington

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