“The only people who would stand in the way of the Chinese are the Afrikaners in South Africa”.
You’re kidding, right? They have long since lost power and are just deperately trying to survive in the “New” South Africa.
My point is that Afrikaners are down at this point but don't count them out. After an unjust system also known as Apartheid, South Africa is going through a period of adjustment to inexperienced black majority rule.
Anyway, the Afrikaners own a majority of economic interests in South Africa and I don't think they'll allow the Chinese to come in and exploit raw materials of the country.