No, SA cannot survive US sanctions unscaled
- Frans Minnaar
- Dec 7, 2025
- 2 min read
It is very dangerous to say "We don't need the United States"; "if they want to, let them sanction us."
Let's look at three examples of countries that have been actively sanctioned by the USA in the post-WW2 history.
Let's start with the SA's government darling: Cuba.
America has sanctioned Cuba since the 1960s (the Cuba missile crisis). The official salaries for professionals (doctors, professors, etc.) = 6,506 pesos (remember, this is a glorious Communist state; there is no "average income", only salaries). This is equal to US14,46 per month. For cleaners, gardeners, etc., the average salary is 2,500 pesos ($6,22 pesos per month). A cartoon of 30 eggs cost 2,800 pesos and a kilo of beans (the staple food), 650 pesos.
