I think we are overlooking the importance of the end of apartheid in South Africa in 1990. The idea of an independent development path was erased in South Africa, and neoliberalism won. Exploited nations and people are allowed symbolic notions of economics and cultural freedom, hence the South Africa being awarded the FIFA World Cup, but not a substantial rewriting of the economic model in South Africa.
I think we are overlooking the importance of the end of apartheid in South Africa in 1990. The idea of an independent development path was erased in South Africa, and neoliberalism won. Exploited nations and people are allowed symbolic notions of economics and cultural freedom, hence the South Africa being awarded the FIFA World Cup, but not a substantial rewriting of the economic model in South Africa.