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Title: | Post-apartheid Kenya-South Africa relations |
Author: | Nyang'oro, Julius E. |
Year: | 1998 |
Periodical: | Lesotho Social Sciences Review (ISSN 1028-0790) |
Volume: | 4 |
Issue: | 2 |
Period: | December |
Pages: | 49-63 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | biblio. refs. |
Geographic terms: | South Africa Kenya Africa |
Subjects: | foreign policy international economic relations Economics, Commerce economic development trade Foreign trade policy common markets Southern African Development Community East African Community |
Abstract: | South Africa has shown a great desire to become and maintain itself as sub-Sahara's economic leader. Kenya is one of the countries identified by South Africa as a subregional springboard for its economic thrust in Africa. But if South Africa's new expansionism is to succeed, it has to resolve some key issues, such as high unemployment rates and little foreign investment. Moreover, even though Kenya is still the most diversified of the East African countries, there has been a steady decline in economic performance in the last few years. The ultimate question in assessing the relationship between Kenya and South Africa is how effective will South African capital be in playing an intermediary role between global capital and production activities in Kenya and the rest of the region. South Africa quickly has become a leading player in the context of an enlarged SADC. The obligations this has placed on the country create immediate problems for Kenya, which is not tied formally into the SADC network. Kenya may seek its immediate economic fortunes with a renewed and invigorated East African Community. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. |