Summary
Affiliations : 1 University of Limpopo
Source : Journal of African Union Studies, Volume 9 Number 1, Apr 2020, p. 123 – 138
The 1994 democratic dispensation was the watershed on South Africa’s foreign policy. Given the protracted fight against apartheid, human rights took precedence on South Africa’s foreign policy. Concomitantly, Tshwane incorporated African Agenda on its foreign policy by forging ties with former liberation movements throughout the continent, in particular Zambia and Zimbabwe. By so doing, South Africa abandoned the apartheid siege mentality and became a leader towards the Southern African region. South Africa’s foreign policy towards Zimbabwe received and continue to receive much attention from scholars, academia and media alike.