>Unfortunately, the EU has some free-trade stormtroopers in the
>erstwhile "workerist" camp which runs South Africa's trade ministry:
>the EU-SA free trade deal recently signed promises to have
>devastating impacts on Southern African output as a whole, via an
>SA-led Southern Africa Development Community trade zone now coming to
>fruition. And a US-Africa free trade deal has been on the cards for a
>couple of years, just awaiting approval from textile
>industry barons...
What's happening regionally within the SADC? Is SA behaving like the local hegemon?
Doug