How Nepal played a big role in South Africa’s liberation

Anil Sooklal, South Africa’s top envoy to Nepal, on apartheid-era solidarity, climate justice after the Rasuwa flood, and why Kathmandu and Cape Town should be twinned.

Anil Sooklal is South Africa’s High Commissioner to India, Bangladesh and Nepal. A career diplomat, he has served as his country’s ambassador to the European Union, Belgium and Luxembourg, and as its focal point for the Indian Ocean Rim Association. He was previously deputy director-general for Asia and the Middle East at South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation.