News24 | Phillip de Wet | North Korea is now SA's ally-in-law, as Russia weaponises BRICS
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Russia changed the future of BRICS with the stroke of a pen in Pyongyang, and new entrants such as Malaysia won't change that for South Africa, writes Phillip de Wet.