China: Manufacturing Consent in South Africa

Analysis of China’s image in selected South African media during the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic

Jan 06, 2021

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By: Anton M. Pillay

A few months ago, China temporarily withdrew its ambassador to Pretoria after waiting for more than a year for South Africa to appoint an emissary to Beijing. It appears that the Chinese would only accept Siyabonga Cwele, a former South African intelligence minister, minister of state security and minister of telecommunications and po…

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