Dear Messrs Putin and Zelenskyy
Good news. Our minister of foreign affairs, Ms Naledi Pandor, announced that South Africa is working on easing the tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
Being the global (intergalactic, when we find life further afield) player that we are, I am confident that you feel a draining away of tension at that announcement. Those knots in the shoulders are surely smoothing themselves out.
We are renowned for easing tensions. We like to begin, like charity, at home. You might like to model your conflict resolution on the framework we employed in 2021 to deal with tensions within the governing party. It all culminated in some intense but fruitful exchanges in July. We are now easing tensions within the security cluster, as each component modestly refuses to take credit for fuc..., sorry, defusing the situation.
The framework is slightly scorched. Still useful.
Mr Zelenskyy, I believe that you will identify with and get on very well with our politicians. You were a comedian too.
Gentlemen, you are surely familiar with the best-selling book on conflict resolution: 'Getting To Yes'. We could write one called 'Getting To Maybe'. Some of our tactics and techniques, revealed for the first time:
1. Ignore it. It will go away or someone else will sort it out. We are applying this to several challenges.
2. Rename it.
3. Reblame it.
4. Bounce it from state of the nation address to state of the nation address.
We have much more in our toolbox. We could discuss over a glass of Stolichnaya once all tensions have been eased. With our willing assistance.
Yours in the struggle for global peace, harmony and other global stuff.
Richard
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