South Africa In World War 3
BY VINESH SELVAN IN RECENT years, we have seen periodic global conflicts, with the potential of triggering the start of World War 3. One of the most notable conflicts was between Russia and Ukraine, which started in 2014 and escalated in 2022. Russia made military advances to achieve political gain, while Ukraine, with a smaller military force, conjured international support to counter the invasion. The West offered support in the form of supply of arms and munitions, intelligence and military training to civilian volunteers through private military contractors. During the escalation of the war in 2022, a few South Africans of Indian origin were studying in Ukraine fell part of the fleeing masses into neighbouring Poland. Another notable and more recent conflict, was between India and Pakistan. A conflict where each country, became a proxy to test global player’s military hardware head-to-head. While both countries have been involved in a long-standing conflict, since the India-Pakist...
