Russia has formed alliances of convenience with right-wing and left-wing parties based not on ideology and shared principles, but on opposition to the West.
Former Mandela aide blames failures on the party and not apartheid for crime and millions of South Africans living in shacks and begging in the streets.
Illegal activities on the ocean around Africa are rampant, turning it into a vast crime scene that poorly resourced law agencies are struggling to stop.