{"id":11846,"date":"2012-06-26T11:56:17","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T09:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/06\/s-africa-wakes-up-to-neighbours-as-europe-struggles\/"},"modified":"2012-06-26T11:56:17","modified_gmt":"2012-06-26T09:56:17","slug":"s-africa-wakes-up-to-neighbours-as-europe-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/s-africa-wakes-up-to-neighbours-as-europe-struggles\/","title":{"rendered":"S.Africa wakes up to neighbours as Europe struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Long-neglected trade ties with rest of Africa re-assessed<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Euro crisis, Iran prod S.Africa to trade closer to home<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* S.Africa plays catch-up to China, India<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Stella Mapenzauswa<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>JOHANNESBURG, June 26 (Reuters) &#8211; South Africa prides itself<br \/>\nas a first world country in a third world continent, trading<br \/>\nmostly overseas, but is starting to train its sights on its poor<br \/>\nbut fast-growing African cousins as turmoil in Europe slashes<br \/>\nexports to its traditional markets.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>President Jacob Zuma&#8217;s government said this month it was<br \/>\nlooking to African oil producers such as Nigeria after bowing to<br \/>\nWestern pressure to cut imports from Iran &#8211; historically its<br \/>\nbiggest supplier &#8211; in compliance with sanctions over Tehran&#8217;s<br \/>\nnuclear programme.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>South Africa&#8217;s crude imports from Iran fell 43 percent to<br \/>\n286,072 tonnes in April from the previous month, while imports<br \/>\nfrom Nigeria rose nearly five-fold to 615,834 tonnes in March<br \/>\nagainst 127,376 tonnes in the same month last year.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>While trade with the rest of the continent has increased<br \/>\ngradually in the past decade, Africa&#8217;s economic powerhouse still<br \/>\nplaying lags Asian giants China and India which have established<br \/>\nfirm footings in mining, construction and clothing.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>One reason is the legacy of apartheid, an era when when<br \/>\nSouth Africa&#8217;s white-minority government eschewed trade ties<br \/>\nwith Africa in favour of Europe.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Long-neglected trade ties with rest of Africa re-assessed * Euro crisis, Iran prod S.Africa to trade closer to home * S.Africa plays catch-up to China, India By Stella Mapenzauswa JOHANNESBURG, June 26 (Reuters) &#8211; South Africa prides itself as a first world country in a third world continent, trading mostly overseas, but is starting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-11846","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11846\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}