{"id":10998,"date":"2012-06-01T22:30:58","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T20:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/06\/interview-eu-cautions-s-africas-anc-on-look-east-policy\/"},"modified":"2012-06-01T22:30:58","modified_gmt":"2012-06-01T20:30:58","slug":"interview-eu-cautions-s-africas-anc-on-look-east-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/interview-eu-cautions-s-africas-anc-on-look-east-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"INTERVIEW-EU cautions S.Africa’s ANC on "Look East" policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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* ANC sending mixed signals to foreign investors<\/span><\/p>\n

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* Europe dominates FDI to South Africa<\/p>\n

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* ANC official says Africa growing weary of ‘sulking’ West<\/p>\n

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By Jon Herskovitz<\/p>\n

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JOHANNESBURG, June 1 (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling
\nAfrican National Congress (ANC) is walking a precarious path if
\nit pursues policies shunning the West in favour of fellow BRICS
\nmembers India and China to fund its development, Europe’s envoy
\nto Pretoria said on Friday.<\/p>\n

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The ANC, which has ruled since apartheid ended in 1994, has
\nsent mixed messages to Western powers about how welcome their
\ncapital is in Africa’s largest economy, with a top official last
\nweek saying they were dropping in importance.<\/p>\n

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“Attack us – that is fine. It does not matter. But don’t say
\nthat in this economic period we don’t need each other because
\nthat undermines the relationship,” Roeland van de Geer, head of
\nthe European Union delegation to South Africa, told Reuters.<\/p>\n

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“If you get these remarks without nuance, it spoils a lot. I
\ncannot correct that. The damage is done,” he said.<\/p>\n

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ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe – also chairman of the
\nCommunist Party – told Reuters last week the continent’s largest
\neconomies were shunning “sulking” Western investors and adopting
\na “Look East” policy to fuel their growth.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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