Boardroom Talk – RW Johnson joins the arms-to-Russia dots, warns CR about playing in Big Leagues

By Alec Hogg*

You'd have needed every seat in Ellis Park – and quite a few thousand outside – to accommodate all those who have watched the recording of Friday's interview with RW Johnson on the SA-arms-to-Russia allegations (link here). It's one-way traffic on their interpretation – of the 1 000 comments, 95% support the former Oxford Don.

Those are potent data. Suggesting few rational South Africans swallowed Saturday's State and quasi-State media headlines that the US ambassador had "apologised unreservedly". RW Johnson's excellent op-ed (click here) says the American diplomat did nothing of the kind. There was no retraction of allegations. Nor is there likely to be.

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