Selling our future for a BRIC: time to rethink South Africa's foreign policy
Scathing review of South Africa's foreign policy, not only the international aspect, but at home too. Here is an example:
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In exchange for its membership of the BRICS, South Africa appears to have also given China a licence to de-industrialise the country despite the fact that the EU, as a bloc, is South Africa’s major trading partner. No country has developed without a solid manufacturing sector. Instead of supporting South Africa’s manufacturing exports to Africa and protecting our market, the South African government misses no opportunity to ‘buy Chinese’, importing anything from scarfs and caps for the African National Congress to cheap consumer goods, which should be made in South Africa.
Link:https://www.issafrica.org/iss-today/...foreign-policy
A committed commie badass: people are afraid.
Ronnie Kasrils, a former ANC leader and minister, has a bleak outlook on the future as the ANC under President Zuma face new challenges:http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-14-trainspotter-ronnie-kasrils-the-killing-game-has-already-started/?
Police Militarisation and the War on Crime in South Africa
A Kings War Studies podcast (42 mins) which features a South African academic expert:
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Join Guy Lamb, Director of the Safety and Violence Initiative (University of Cape Town), discusses his latest research on the globally pressing issue of police militarisation and the ‘war on crime’, drawing on the experiences of South Africa.
Link:https://soundcloud.com/warstudies/ev...es/sets/events