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✍🏻For the first time in 80 years, nuclear war is a real possibility Article by Dr. Iqbal Survé, Chairman of Sekunjalo Group Cape Town, 11 May 2025 💭Today, we face a chilling reality: for the first time since those horrific events, the threat of nuclear war is no longer theoretical. It is real, it is present, and it is dangerously close. War, I believe, has no victors. Only victims. Today’s nuclear arsenal makes Hiroshima look primitive. Modern warheads have unprecedented destructive power and delivery speed. A single strike can obliterate millions. Even more concerning is the advent of ‘tactical’ nuclear weapons — smaller bombs with concentrated impact, falsely marketed as controlled warfare. From the Kashmir border to the Gaza Strip, from the Taiwan Strait to the South China Sea, we are sitting atop pressure points that could ignite instantaneously. The greatest danger is not weaponry. It is dehumanisation. As someone who has had the privilege of engaging with global leaders, including recently with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, I know that diplomacy, when rooted in honesty and humility, can defuse even the most dangerous situations. We must make room for such diplomacy again. Thankfully, under Nelson Mandela’s leadership, South Africa became the first country to dismantle its nuclear arsenal voluntarily. It was a choice for peace, a stand for humanity. Let us not sleepwalk into catastrophe. Let us instead awaken to the truth: that peace, not war, is the only legacy worth leaving behind. 🔗 Read in full: https://iol.co.za/news/opinion/2025-05-11-for-the-first-time-in-80-years-nuclear-war-is-a-real-possibility/