A Soberania Sul-Africana em Questão: Crises Econômicas, Ecológicas, Subimperialismo e Resistências Sociais

The development of South Africa’s contemporary political economy occur- red in the context of a global capitalist order characterized by increasingly unequal political and economic relations between and within countries. Prior to liberation in 1994, many people around the world actively supported the struggle against apartheid. If the apartheid state was defeated, it retained enough strength to limit a radical tran- sition. Since 1994, diminished sovereignty means that the foreign influences of global capitalism amplify local socioeconomic contradictions in a way that is destructive to the vast majority of citizens. This is evident when one considers economic, ecological, geopolitical, and societal considerations.