South Africans embrace Western countries, shun government’s Brics allies
South Africa is a member of the BRICS bloc alongside Brazil, Russia, India and China. In this alliance, it is Russia and China that the country has been most cosying up to, to the point that it has stoically refused to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine despite the obvious breach of the victim country’s sovereignty and wanton attacks on civilian targets.
Of the respondents, 33.6% picked the US as their first choice, followed by the UK at 21.5% and Germany at 10,7%. Surprisingly, impoverished Cuba, at 9.7%, pipped Russia, which garnered 1.4% and China, which came in at 0.8%. Among EFF supporters, the US was a huge hit, with 39% of the red beret voters warming to Uncle Sam. The British former colonial overlords that Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu love to deride were also a hit, with 32% of their flock saying that would be their preference. Twelve percent of them see Cuba as a viable option, 10% think Russia is okay and 5% could do with China.When it comes to the DA, the US tops with 36%, the UK is at 32% and Germany is at 11%.
Among white South Africans, approval for the US was at 45%, the UK at 35% and Germany at 15%. The three remaining countries appealed to 0% of this race category.
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