In the early 1990s it was a foregone conclusion that the end of apartheid would open up the African market to its corporates. Few, however, anticipatd the speed with which they would seek to exploit their new market opportunity, or the sheer volume of the flow into Africa. John Daniel, Varusha Naidoo and Sanusha Naidu assess how democratic South Africa operates in Africa. Will its new-found economic strengh allied to its historic attitude of overlordship to Africa render the new regime even more interventionist and imperialist that its apartheid predecessor?