I would agree that, as a middle power, SA needs a more sophisticated foreign policy to deal with the rise of China (“Tensions cloud China’s clout”, July 21 (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/editorials/2020-07-21-editorial-tensions-cloud-chinas-clout/)). However, the recent decimation of China’s relationship with Australia, the UK, Canada and the US demonstrates a dynamic shift in the global power balance.
Your assessment that SA has managed to stay on the sidelines is incorrect. SA has been a Brics country since December 2010. President Cyril Ramaphosa attending the Extraordinary China-Africa Solidarity Summit against Covid-19 as the chair of the AU positions us a fully committed member of the South...
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