Patterns of collaboration & conflict with south African sub-imperialism

Abstract

Much of the formal rhetoric has equated "liberation" in Southern Africa with the mere ending of colonial or white minority rule. However there has always been another tradition which sees the process of national liberation as comprising a second, anti-imperialist element. This approach is equally concerned with the need to reverse neo-colonial domination of the economies of the region as with the formal achievement of political power. South Africa has sought not only to protect its periphery and offers as part of such diplomacy, but as a reflection of the interests of domestic and foreign capital and the broader strategic concerns of the western powers has also aimed to set up an orchestrated regional system which will not only preserve the South African system but ensure its continued economic expansion and ensure the continued economic dominance of neighboring states.