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South Africa’s global significance is fading | |
Grimm, Sven | |
发表日期 | 2019-04-29 |
出版年 | 2019 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | The next general election will be held on 8 May. While it might be won comfortably by the ruling party, it could still prove difficult and will barely have any effect on the nation’s dwindling global role. |
正文 | Bonn, 29 April 2019. 27 April marked the 25th anniversary of South Africa’s first free and general elections. Like the Berlin Wall, they represented the dawn of a new global era. The country has since seen its international role change several times, most recently not for the better. The next general election will be held on 8 May. While it might be won comfortably by the ruling party, it could still prove difficult and will barely have any effect on the nation’s dwindling global role. On 27 April of each year, South Africans celebrate Freedom Day, which marks the end of apartheid. There have also been some fundamental changes at global level during this time, not least as a result of the growing international significance of a number of states in the global South, including China, India, Brazil and, indeed, South Africa South Africa as a winner of globalisation... The last 25 years have seen many changes for the better and afforded South Africa a positive global role as one of the potential shapers of a global order. The country’s accession to BRICS in 2013 could be viewed as the high point of its global role. South Africa has gone from international pariah to sought-after partner. And yet, it has seen its significance wane in recent years.# … with massive domestic policy issues President Cyril Ramaphosa, in office since 2018, is yet to initiate any fundamental changes; pressure within the ruling party to maintain unity is too great. The election on 8 May represents the first opportunity for coalitions within the ruling party to shift and necessary changes to be made. The strength of the incumbent party’s expected majority is more decisive in this context than the fact of an electoral victory itself. President Ramaphosa knows how important internal stability is for attracting necessary investments, an insight that slows him down at the same time. Global transformation with South Africa as partner? |
URL | https://www.die-gdi.de/en/the-current-column/article/south-africas-global-significance-is-fading-1/ |
来源智库 | German Development Institute (Germany) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/501497 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Grimm, Sven. South Africa’s global significance is fading. 2019. |
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