The world is in a tailspin and with Greece and Italy’s problems we are certainly in for even tougher times. Who or what will come to the world’s rescue this time? Certainly not the Americans or the Germans, they have their own sets of internal and external problems to contend with. Could the ‘knight in shining armour’ be China? South Africa certainly thinks so and our government is doing much to ensure it doesn’t upset its largest trading partner.

But at what cost? It appears South A...