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As the BRICS summit begins this week, the world's eyes will be on South Africa and the topic of neutrality will come up. Neutrality, despite good intentions, does not work for South Africa, argues Howard Feldman.
We are not Switzerland. Johannesburg is not Zurich, and the Drakensburg mountains are not the Alps, even if there is a "Little Switzerland" somewhere in the range. We do have chocolates, we don't have trains, and whereas we might have watches, we are never on time.
And that starts with President Cyril Ramaphosa himself, who has no problem keeping the "family" waiting when he chooses to call for a "family meeting" of the nation.
