TALKING POINTS FOR DDCI SOUTHERN AFRICA: SUMMARY OF REGIONAL VULNERABILITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91B00874R000100200003-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2011
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: July 9, 1986
• Content Type: MISC

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9 July 1986
TALKING POINTS FOR DDCI
Southern Africa: Summary of Regional Vulnerabilities
A review of trade and financial statistics shows that all neighboring
states, except Angola, are vulnerable to South African economic
retaliation.
Botswana
-- All petroleum products used in Botswana come via
South Africa and most are refined there.
Nearly 19,000 Botswana miners are employed in South
African mines .
About three-quarters of the grain and 80 percent
of the fruits and vegetables consumed are imported
from South Africa.
Receipts from the South African controlled Southern
African' Customs Union (SACU) account for over 20 percent
of government revenues.
Lesotho
-- Over 95 percent of imports originate in South Africa
and all exports are either sold to or must be
transshipped through South Africa.
-- Remittances from the nearly 110,000 Basotho employed
in South Africa account for about 50 percent of GDP.
-- The Electricity Supply Commission of South Africa
(ESCOM) supplies 100 percent of Lesotho's
electricity.
Malawi
-- Receipts from the South African Customs Union (SACU)
account for 70 percent of government revenues.
Nearly 95 percent of Malawi's petroleum comes from
South Africa.
Some 18 , 000 Malawians work in South Africa and
provide the government with about $12 million in
foreign exchange.
Mozambique
-- More than 50,000 Mozambican miners work in South
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Africa and provide nearly 70 of the country's
foreign exchange earnings.
-- ESCOM provides 60 percent of Mozambique's
electricity.
Swaziland
-- Revenue from the Southern African Customs Union
(SACU) account for over 60 percent of government revenues.
-- More than 13,000 Swazi miners work in South Africa.
Zaire
-- South African firms own and operate major Swazi farms
and tourist companies.
-- More than 40 percent of the minerals exported in
1985 were shipped through South Africa.
-- Three-fourths of the food, petroleum, and chemicals
used by Zairian mines and mills are imported through
South Africa.
Zambia
Zambia's Ndola refinery receives some feedstock
from South Africa.
-- Nearly half of Zambia's mineral exports are
shipped by South African railway.
Zimbabwe
-- About 60 percent of Zimbabwe's export and import
traffic utilizes the South African transport
system.
South Africa is Zimbabwe's largest trading partner
accounting for 20 percent of total trade.
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Economic Links With South Africa
Boundary representation is
not necessarily authoritative:
largest trading partner, accounting
for about 20 percent of total.
Swaziland- Southern African
Customs Union accounts for
more than 60 percent of
government revenues ... more
than 13,000 Swazi miners work
in South Africa.
Lesotho- Remittances from 110,000 Basotho
miners employed in South Africa account for
about 50 percent of GNP ... South Africa
supplies 100 percent of Lesotho's electricity
. over 95 percent of imports originate in
South Africa and all exports either sold to or
transshipped through South Africa.
Malawi- About 18,000 Malawians
work in South Africa and earn
nearly $12 million in foreign
exchange ... approximately 95
percent of Malawi's petroleum
comes from South Africa.
Mozambique- South Africa
provides 60 percent of
electricity ... more than 50,000
Mozambican miners work in
South Africa.
Zimbabwe- About 90 percent of
Zimbabwe's export and import traffic
uses South African transport system
200 400 Kilometers
200 400 Statute Miles
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