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This article examines how democratic South Africa engages with Africa following the end of apartheid.

July 3, 2026Open Access

SA expansion into Africa: can the leopard change its spots?

Key Points

This article examines how democratic South Africa engages with Africa following the end of apartheid.
Literature review of South Africa's corporate expansion into Africa
Analysis of historical attitudes and policies from apartheid to democracy
Assessment of economic activities and strategies in African markets
Democratic South Africa rapidly expanded corporate interests into African markets post-apartheid.
The new regime may reflect an interventionist and imperialist stance similar to its apartheid predecessor.
The historical attitude of dominance complicates the perception of South Africa's new role in Africa.

Abstract

In the early 1990s it was a foregone conclusion that the end of apartheid would open up the African market to its corporate, Few, however, anticipated the speed with which they would seek to exploit their new market opportunity, or the sheer volume of the flow into Africa. This article assess how democratic South Africa operates in Africa. Will its new-found economic strength allied to its historic attitude of over lordship to Africa render the new regime even more interventionist and imperialist than its apartheid predecessor?

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