Make it make sense
I don’t think western governments would like to have EFF in power. They’ll definitely intervene as they always do. If they win that country will be turned upside down
The west has its nose everywhere , I believe their methods of intervention would somehow differ , they'd stage a coup or a proxy but this country is too lucrative for them to turn it upside as they cannot afford to lose sheer influences and control the stock markets , various natural resources like diamond , ore and gold .
There's a possibility that calculated risks with precision would be conducted but every risks have collateral damage, and the word collateral may just seem be a tiny particle to these westerners , but we all have seen how menacing and dangerous this collateral word can be .
By just looking at the causulties it caused to many "third world" countries that were actually financially sustainable "second world / devoleping " nations before being turned upside down.
And we can learn from Iraq and Libya , but then again South Africa may not have billions of Oil and gas deposits but they are rich in minerals and I believe if they were to loose their geopolitical leverages , war would come knocking on their doors.
It's the sad reality , a dog eat dog world where one cannot run his country in peace with his own laws and accordance ,
For example, a minister of a high position, let's assume it's the ministry of agriculture he cannot legislate protectionist laws against harmful foreign interests that can tamper the livelihood of its citizens , that minister is as useless as a smartphone without a simcard because the exploitation are happening in plain view , hence many would ask themselves why the f*ck would would they accept imported vegetables when they already harvested freshly home grown vegetables instead they get left to rotten as its sales in the market devalues taking thousands of people out of business meanwhile the imports cost at higher rates , if you also add the tariffs costs , the logistics costs despite their governments sharing mutual agreements of free trade, it's still unaffordable for the locals , so when asked who benefits , the locals, the politicians or the disguised foreign investors, you can get the full picture.
These are the core examples of why many leaders cannot fully govern without some sort of approval from the outside.
It's the outside influences that dictates many African countries.
It's impossible to get rid of , you defy them and you end up like Gaddafi or Sankara.
China nor Russia are not friendlies to us Africans but they to first world nations because they're put in their places and constantly reminded but Africa and any other developing nation , we are played by anyone in a theater of puppet strings.