South Africa’s sad demise

With its ICJ case against Israel, South Africa is making a mockery of the rule of law, one of the foundational principles of our constitutional order.

Nelson Mandela, left, with then-prime minister Brian Mulroney in 1990. Canada has long had a special relationship with South Africa, and it should use that moral and political legitimacy to speak with clarity against South Africa’s perverse recourse to international law, writes Adam Dodek. Photograph courtesy of Library and Archives Canada

Opinion

BY ADAM DODEK

February 5, 2024

There was a time when South Africa was the toast of the international order. After Nelson Mandela’s release from prison in 1990, the country was seen as full of democratic promise. Those days have long passed. South Africa today is more closely aligned with Russia, China, ...

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