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Is South Africa throwing a good love away like Zimbabwe did?

  South Africa used to seen as a last hope by many investors in the SADC region. This might be due to it’s historical background, some of the names that made this country  to be respected, are the names of Nelson Mandela, Oliver Tambo, Walter Sisulu, Desmond Tutu, Andrew Mlangeni and other political stalwarts. Who have fought  wholeheartedly for this country to be free today. Now the question remains, “is South Africa still a hope for investment?”. Following the looting of shopping malls this week and in the past. It does not need a political or economic analyst to see that the South African economy is in trouble. From the experience that we have, with our neighbor country, when we saw Zimbabwean people aided by their government to loot farms and supermarkets in the early 2000s. Thousands of white farmers were forced out of their land, often violently between 2000 and 2001.One can tell, that most supermarkets will close their stores permanently in South Africa. Rumors ha...