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Weekend: South African deputy minister defends Russia-Ukraine peace mission

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South African deputy minister defends Russia-Ukraine peace mission

18/06/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, South African deputy minister defends Russia-Ukraine peace mission

South African deputy minister says president's talks in Ukraine and Russia worthwhile

South African deputy minister says president's talks in Ukraine and Russia worthwhile.

A South African deputy minister, Obed Bapela, tells us President Cyril Ramaphosa's talks in Ukraine and Russia were worthwhile.

Also in the programme: George Orwell's Animal Farm re-written in Zimbabwe's Shona language; and the most intact Roman mausoleum ever found in Britain is revealed beneath a construction site in central London.

Photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Saint Petersburg. Credit: Yevgeny Biyatov/RIA Novosti via Reuters

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