US-SA diplomatic tension: The likely regional ramifications :: Mmegi Online

There is an adage that when United States (US) sneezes, the whole world catch a cold. Well, last week the US did not sneeze, it spat right on South Africa’s already smirk economic face signalling early signs of trade sanctions. Is South Africa’s brawl with the US a culmination of a greater world splinter? And what does brittle Botswana’s economy stands to lose or gain, Mmegi Staffer TIMOTHY LEWANIKA writes

South Africa can be metaphorically depicted as one of Africa’s fattened economies, a nation that has phoenixed from the ashes of apartheid and risen to become a continental giant.

The roly-poly nature of South Africa’s chunky economy comes at the backdrop of being a present figure at the dinner table of superpowers for the past decades, which have lucratively allowed the nation to enjoy foreign direct investment from both the East and the West allowing the nation to shine bright on Africa’s firmament.

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