Compared to other regions in Africa, South Africa is rather free of turmoil. Its foreign policy has a few rough points, however. For example, there has recently been alot of turmoil on the edge of Namibia and Angola. The reason for this tension is actually Angola's domestic policy. A political party called UNITA is being hunted down on the border of Namibia. Namibia sent soldiers to help, but they have dissapeared, causing lots of tension. There have also been lots of power shortages in South africa (The country). One attempted solution for this is pressuring botswana for coal to be used for power. An interesting side note is that a tribe called the Himba is slowly becoming globalized, and cell phone usage is skyrocketing in south africa. This greater connectivity can be argued as imformal foreign policy.