SA "softening" towards the West in difficult balancing act

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Ronan Wordsworth of Geopolitical Futures - based in Prague in the Czech Republic - tells BizNews that while there's “this idea that perhaps South Africa had shifted quite far towards the Russian camp”, the African National Congress (ANC) has recently actually been “softening” towards the West, and is possibly bringing their stance back “more towards the middle ground”. He says if the ANC needs a coalition partner after next year’s general election, it would have to pick parties that would promote the growth of the South African economy, “which is desperately needed at the moment”. He explains why Kenya - as an African country - and India - despite being in BRICS - have managed to find a workable middle ground between East and West. And he points out that too much focus on Russia at the upcoming BRICS Summit in South Africa “will really upset the balance of South Africa's economy and trade and foreign policy interests compared to the other BRICS partners”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
8 Aug 2023 8AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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