There are 195 sovereign countries officially recognised by the United Nations, of which 193 are UN member states. The Vatican City and Palestine are recognised as states, but only with observer status in the UN. When analysing your current governance - or business strategy, it will be useful to consider the current Balance of Power in the world to understand where the opportunities and the threats are.

What’s going on with Ramaphosa and Donald Trump’s behaviour towards South Africa? Why is the delegation Ramaphosa has promises to send to the United States to “provide accurate information” about the expropriation act and race laws of the country not getting off the ground?

The difference in SA trade between China and the United States, is in the fact that the country imports much more from China than from the United States. In comparison, its exports to China are less favourable than those to the United States. The balance of trade with its trade with the United States is in favour of South Africa; with China, it’s to its determinant (negative).

It is naïve to think that the entrenched cultural identity that has developed over thousands and millions of years could be wished away with the blink of an eye. The transition between cultural dominance always implies a shift of paradigmatic plates. For one thing: There is simple too much history built into the conflicting fault-lines of civilisations.

The world is on the precipice of a transition in dominance over global power from the Western civilisation to the Eastern one.