/ 8 November 2012

Obama’s victory and SA: Live video

A triumphant Barack Obama.
A triumphant Barack Obama.

The world watched as US President Barack Obama was re-elected on Wednesday. But what does his second term in office for the country mean for South Africa, if anything?

How has foreign policy towards South Africa and Africa changed under Obama? What can we learn, if anything, from the US election? And what do you think of the engagement between the US and Africa and how it can improve?

Watch our live video at noon with M&G features editor Tanya Pampalone and  US embassy spokesperson Jack Hillmeyer, from the embassy in Pretoria.

Leave your questions and comments below this article and M&G Online deputy editor Verashni Pillay will pose these during the chat. We will also take your tweets in real time sent to @verashni.

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  • Watch our previous live videos here.