https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/countries/south-africa Articles on South Africa. en https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/assets/brand/icon-512.pnghttps://geopoliticaleconomist.com/countries/south-africa https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/global-south-financial-alternative-papss-brics https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/global-south-financial-alternative-papss-brics Mon, 28 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Camilo Flora Matsumbo Africa's most consequential break from dependence on external financial intermediaries is not the BRICS-led New Development Bank, but the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System, a homegrown initiative moving money across African currencies without routing it through a third one. Africa https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/why-gold-can-buy-political-distance-and-garments-cannot https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/why-gold-can-buy-political-distance-and-garments-cannot Sat, 26 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Camilo Flora Matsumbo South Africa and Lesotho share a currency and a customs union, and absorbed the same American trade shock. The difference between their outcomes is not primarily about politics. It is about what each country sells, and how much of the value of those exports survives when the buyer changes. Africa Americas