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For the ANC the Cold War never really ended. And while it maintains an air of respectability when begging for Western investment and foreign aid, in truth it sides with rogue states, dictators and war criminals to not just push an anti-Western agenda, but also to receive bribes. The ANC has ensured that South Africa’s foreign policy is not just irrationally in favour of the New Axis but also uses it as a fundraising tool. Since 1994, the ANC has effectively leased its foreign policy to the highest bidder.
These bribes have been used to fill ANC party and official’s coffers, while providing diplomatic cover and legitimacy to dictators like Libya’s Gaddafi, Nigeria’s Abacha and Indonesia’s Suharto, all of which were engaging in brutal violence against civilians. The ANC even tried to pursue a relationship with Saddam Hussein in 2003 ahead of the US invasion, attempting to solicit bribes in return for support. This is after Hussein had used chemical weapons on civilians.
The ANC doesn’t care about South Africa’s actual national interest or human rights and will side with states that it feels benefits it personally, not the needs of the country. But the ANC’s opportunism has coalesced into more than just flippant patronage and has become concrete and consistent support for the New Axis powers.