SA could pay dearly for Venezuela stance, warns analyst

SOUTH Africa should brace for a strong American response for its call on the United Nations Security Council to urgently address the US's military strike on Venezuela, says political analyst at the North West University, Professor Andre Duvenhage.

- RAPULA MOATSHE

The message sent by the US's strike on Venezuela to many countries is that “the Americans are prepared to act and this is also applicable to South Africa’, he said.“By no means I am going to argue that the Americans are right by taking over the government of Venezuela because to me that is, in a way, similar to the Russian attack on Ukraine and I am against that attack by the Russia against Ukraine on principles of sovereignty and the same applies to America taking on Venezuela. Although, I think the Americans were a lot more successful than the Russians. But I have never heard South Africa complain about the Russians’ attack on Ukraine,’ he said. His remar