South Africa – trying to have it both ways

  South Africa as a Janus two-faced Gemini is in a quandary about which way to lend its allegiance – democracy one way, cosying up to dictators the other. The delicate balancing act of hitching itself to two wagons pulling in opposite ways is not likely to last. It enjoys preferential access to European and US markets. Exports to both underpin its manufacturing base, especially its auto industry, with 9% going to the USA and only 0.2% to Russia. But it also wants to be at the table wi