The High Court in Pretoria has barred the government from donating 50-million-rand to the Republic of Cuba which had been earmarked as humanitarian aid in that country. Earlier this month, lobby group Afriforum urgently applied to interdict the payment saying the decision to approve the donation was unconstitutional. The International Relations Department's announcement last year regarding the proposed payment drew heavy criticism from civil society groups and some political parties. The money would have come from the department's The African Renaissance and International Cooperation Fund. For more on this here is South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) Chair in African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy at the University of Johannesburg, Professor Chris Landsberg