BEYOND SHARES
Stop whining and start listening
South Africa needs to see the bigger issues at play as the US economy reaches a crucial point
As a country, our relationship with the world’s largest superpower is not managed well.
Our mainstream politicians and media tend to align with the Democrats in the US, which is a bit silly since they’re only in power half the time. The Republicans, who actually applied sanctions pressure on South Africa in the late 1980s, offered a get-to-know-you opportunity to the ANC et al that was sadly squandered. Even South African liberals swing more towards the Democrats than the Republicans. Anyway, the angst-filled hand-flapping that seizes South Africa whenever the Republicans win an election needs to give to way to cool analysis if we are ever to have a workable relationship with a Republican-run US...
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