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b"Unisa\\u2019s Prof Everisto Benyera counts what South Africa loses for its stance in the Russia-Ukraine war. He, in part, specialises in peace-building and mediation.
\\nLast week, African leaders led by President Cyril Ramaphosa undertook a mediation mission to Ukraine and Russia in the latest bid to end the war in Ukraine.
\\nThat mission received a mixed reaction, with some deriding it as Ramaphosa\\u2019s ploy to change negative international perceptions about SA\\u2019s non-aligned stance.
\\nBenyera tells our Sunday Times Politics Weekly host, deputy editor Mike Siluma, that the intervention was \\u201chistoric at many levels\\u201d and explains the two ways the peace mission ought to be measured. He weighs in on SA's \\u201cdiplomatic gravitas\\u201d on the African continent and in the international arena.
\\nOthers supported the mission, arguing that Africa needed to do something about a war that was harming it. The question is: was the African mission all worth it? Could it change the course of the war?
\\nBenyera is a professor of African politics in the department of political science at Unisa.
\\nProducer: Bulelani Nonyukela."