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Title: | Post-Apartheid South Africa: The Implications for Regional Cooperation in Africa |
Author: | Aly, Ahmad A.H.M. |
Year: | 1997 |
Periodical: | Africa Insight |
Volume: | 27 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 24-31 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | South Africa Southern Africa |
Subjects: | regional economic relations Politics and Government international relations Development and Technology Economics and Trade |
Abstract: | The historic changes that took place in South Africa in 1994 have made it necessary to revise the literature on intra-African integration. Till 1994, South Africa was not to be considered as an African State. Some cooperation efforts were even directed against South Africa. This paper addresses the following questions: Will postapartheid South Africa turn its attention towards regional development or will it choose instead to foster its relations with First World countries? If it chooses regional cooperation, is it qualified to lead the drive for cooperation in Africa? If so, to what extent can the new South Africa boost economic cooperation in Africa? The author argues that under certain conditions postapartheid South Africa can reverse the ongoing downward trend of intra-African cooperation. To test this hypothesis two areas of research need to be covered. The first is to identify why regional cooperation in Africa has failed over the past three decades. The second area concerns the peculiarities and special circumstances which qualify South Africa to lead the cooperation drive in Africa, or disqualify it from doing so. Note, ref. |