Anglo-Zulus: There's only two things we hate in this world. - People who are intolerant of other people's cultures, and the Dutch.
Indeed, but a net exporter of gold, diamonds and platinum so France and China are probably being well paid for their support. Much severer demographic pressure on the white minority than OTL though where it must have been between 33 and 40% Anglo.At the very least, SA should face so many economic sanctions its economy would suffer massively. I doubt it's self sufficient.
I suppose that it's being kept afloat (barely, just not to collapse) by France and China who buy South African raw materials at firesale prices, being the sole major buyers.At the very least, SA should face so many economic sanctions its economy would suffer massively. I doubt it's self sufficient.
Indeed, but a net exporter of gold, diamonds and platinum so France and China are probably being well paid for their support. Much severer demographic pressure on the white minority than OTL though where it must have been between 33 and 40% Anglo.
BTW, speaking of China, was it eventually granted a permanent seat at the UNSC or it's just a slip?
Much severer demographic pressure on the white minority than OTL though where it must have been between 33 and 40% Anglo.
Did the world just watch and do nothing as South Africa ethnically cleansed white people from Cape Town?
At the very least, SA should face so many economic sanctions its economy would suffer massively. I doubt it's self sufficient.
I suppose that it's being kept afloat (barely, just not to collapse) by France and China who buy South African raw materials at firesale prices, being the sole major buyers.
This would probably be seen as an act of war. Whatever the disparity between the respective navies, no one expects France and China to fold in a few days. The sanctions in place are most probably against the businesses trading with SA, not the states, so expect a whole lot of stuff moving through offshore companies chartered in some microstates.No one trying to interdict shipping? France and China's naval capacity should be pitiful compared to the likes of the Commonwealth and US.
This would probably be seen as an act of war. Whatever the disparity between the respective navies, no one expects France and China to fold in a few days. The sanctions in place are most probably against the businesses trading with SA, not the states, so expect a whole lot of stuff moving through offshore companies chartered in some microstates.
Give it more time to rot, and even the life of a common Afrikaner will be pretty miserable, too. Something tells me that the Nationalist Party leadership is more ruthless TTL than it was OTL, they'd rather go full totalitarian than seek some new ways to buy the Afrikaner votes or (gasp) play along with the international community in order to get the sanctions lifted.Yeah, it's not going well from a macroeconomic POV. If you're an Afrikaner it's probably still pretty good but that's kind of tenuous by this point.
Give it more time to rot, and even the life of a common Afrikaner will be pretty miserable, too. Something tells me that the Nationalist Party leadership is more ruthless TTL than it was OTL, they'd rather go full totalitarian than seek some new ways to buy the Afrikaner votes or (gasp) play along with the international community in order to get the sanctions lifted.
Why not both? A right-wing regime that has taken Nineteen Eighty-Four and turned it into a user manual, with the Black South Africans treated like the proles (or the natives of the disputed lands), and the Afrikaners, like the Outer Party.Or they could squeeze the black people even harder to fund handouts to their base. I could see them going full forced labour camps.
Why not both? A right-wing regime that has taken Nineteen Eighty-Four and turned it into a user manual, with the Black South Africans treated like the proles (or the natives of the disputed lands), and the Afrikaners, like the Outer Party.
I imagine that the reason we're seeing this repression of the Anglo population is because of the different relationship with the Commonwealth, right? Here, the Commonwealth is still a great power that sits right on their doorstep, and South Africa's secession from it was far more rancorous. My guess is that the Afrikaners see the Anglo South Africans as a potential fifth column, ready to put South Africa back under the British yoke.
On a different note, the sight of South Africa oppressing not only non-whites, but even "impure" whites will likely have repercussions on the rest of Africa. Alliances between native Africans and the European powers, the Commonwealth in particular, will likely be warmer now that white Europeans in general aren't tarred with the brush of neo-colonialism, with some likely even seeing a cozy relationship with London as a check against neo-colonialist attitudes; after all, look what happened in South Africa when they left the Commonwealth. OTOH, I doubt that supporting South Africa is doing France any favors when it comes to holding the French Union together. In the short term, they have an ally, but in the long term, anti-French rebels have propaganda.
This is exactly the case as regards African attitudes towards the Commonwealth, at least in the south of the continent. Botswana, Katanga and Mozambique, in particular, are all friendly with the Commonwealth (as a former member of the Empire, Botswana has a particularly close relationship with the country hosting Commonwealth military bases and an intelligence-sharing relationship with the Five Eyes Agency). As for the relationship between the countries of the French Union, most of the African members are a mess of plutocratic and autocratic regimes not all that different from OTL, so it's not like them providing aid to the Afrikaners is a sign of hypocrisy. Afro-French relations are going to get interesting in about a decade or so...
How do the Dutch feel about South Africa using the princes flag?
Just once, I'd like one TL where the smart imperialists aren't the British
Today, I learned that environmentalism is a kink.I'm feeling excited, I'm anticipatory, I'm feeling hyped up, I'm feeling determined, I'm feeling horny...