Ruinous: Up to 640 000 children in Gaza are being vaccinated against polio by Palestine’s health ministry, the World Health Organisation, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. The US has suspended funding for the latter organisation until March 2025. Photo: Ashraf Amra/Anadolu/Getty Images
South Africa and the United States have been excellent partners since the advent of democracy, and we wish to retain that. We are, however,…