Peter Fabricius

Johannesburg

Freelance Journalist at Daily Maverick

Foreign affairs journalist

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Articles

Trump says Ramaphosa will visit him next week

2 days ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Peter Fabricius

FOREIGN AFFAIRS From left: US President Donald Trump. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Will Oliver) | SA President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Experts reject SANDF inference that mission was successful

3 days ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Peter Fabricius

ANALYSIS Illustrative image: (From left) Stephanie Wolters of SAIIA. (Photo: SABC Youtube) | President Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia.
Tanzanian president drops pretence of reform

3 days ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Peter Fabricius

ISS TODAY OP-ED President of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan attends a meeting at the State House in Dar es Salaam on 8 February 2025.
Russian firm recruits hundreds of African women to build drones for Ukraine war

6 days ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Peter Fabricius

FRAUDULENT EXPLOITATION African migrant workers staying at Alabuga’s dormitories are reportedly under heavy surveillance at all times.
Bringing back abducted Ukrainian children a tough assignment for SA

1 week ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Peter Fabricius

FOREIGN AFFAIRS Pretoria will have to walk a fine line between its humanitarian concern and its friendship with Russia. It will be a delicate but critical assignment for South Africa to secure the return from Russia of the 400 abducted Ukrainian children whom Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last month asked President Ramaphosa to help bring home.
SADC mission withdrawal not sign of weakness: SA top brass

1 week ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Peter Fabricius

GREAT LAKES CRISIS SANDF chief General Rudzani Maphwanya at the Department of Defence media briefing on the withdrawal of South African troops from the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Hatfield, Pretoria, on 4 May 2025. (Photo: GCIS) The second phase of the withdrawal is under way, says South African National Defence Force chief. Defence Minister Angie Motshekga and SANDF chief General Rudzani Maphwanya have insisted that the withdrawal of South African and other regional troops from eastern...
South African and other SADC troops begin withdrawal from war-torn DRC

2 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Peter Fabricius

South African, Tanzanian and Malawian troops who had been trapped in their bases in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for three months have begun returning home.
Zelensky visit to South Africa attracts global interest

2 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Peter Fabricius

Both Trump and Putin discussed the meeting in phone calls to Ramaphosa. The visit appears to have boosted South Africa’s diplomatic stature at a time when its relations with the US have hit rock bottom. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to South Africa on Thursday attracted global interest, with both US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin calling President Cyril Ramaphosa to discuss the meaning and implications of the visit.
Zelensky touches down on first visit to SA by Ukrainian head of state

2 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Peter Fabricius

He will meet President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday in Pretoria for official talks. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in South Africa early on Thursday, 24 April for official talks with President Cyrl Ramaphosa later in the day in Pretoria. Zelensky and his wife, First Lady Olena Zelenska, arrived at Lanseria Airport outside Johannesburg in the dark.
Ramaphosa and Putin discuss war in phone call ahead of Zelensky’s SA visit

3 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Peter Fabricius

FOREIGN AFFAIRS Illustrative image | Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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