SA mini budget aids diplomacy but structural rot persists in foreign service

South Africa's Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement provides temporary funding relief to the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco), but chronic governance failures, unstaffed embassies, and decaying overseas properties indicate the diplomatic corps remains in deep crisis. The budget lifeline does not address underlying structural decay, leaving South Africa's diplomatic effectiveness uncertain.

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