Lionel Jean Michel argues that South Africa’s trade relationship with India cannot be viewed purely through an economic lens. Examining unequal trade patterns alongside growing international concerns over religious freedom and majoritarian nationalism under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, the article challenges South Africans to consider whether profitable diplomacy is coming at the cost of moral consistency, constitutional values and industrial sovereignty.
President Cyril Ramaphosa with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
A nation reveals its theology not only in its churches, mosques or temples, but also in its trade books.
Commerce is rarely neutral.
Every import permit, bilateral handshake and smiling communiqué between governments is a moral text waiting to be read. South Africa now faces such a moment.
Its trade relationship with India is economically significant, strategically useful and diplomatically convenient.
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