ABSTRACT South Africa is increasingly burdened by the continuing crisis in neighbouring Zimbabwe. This article asks the following question: what can South Africa do to resolve the situation, in the face of her weakened regional hegemonic status and the intransigence of a securocratic state in Harare? Tracing foreign policy approaches of the Mandela, Mbeki and Zuma administrations, the article argues that each failed in Zimbabwe because of the focus on symptomatic problems rather than on systemic state-building challenges. In particular, South Africa has been hindered by policymakers’ respect for state sovereignty, and state securitisation. There is an urgent need for an innovative intervention to forge state-building in Zimbabwe. The article outlines how a coordinated approach with the development agencies of the BRICS member states (Brazil, Russian, India, China and South Africa), through their expansive resources and varied expertise, could effectively support state-building in Zimbabwe based on cooperative hegemony.

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通过金砖国家建设国家：重塑南非对津巴布韦的外交政策方法

摘要 邻国津巴布韦的持续危机给南非带来了越来越大的负担。本文提出以下问题：面对削弱的地区霸权地位和哈拉雷安全国家的顽固态度，南非可以做些什么来解决这种局面？文章追溯了曼德拉、姆贝基和祖马政府的外交政策方法，认为津巴布韦的每一个都失败了，因为关注的是症状问题，而不是系统性的国家建设挑战。特别是，南非因政策制定者对国家主权和国家证券化的尊重而受到阻碍。津巴布韦迫切需要进行创新干预以促进国家建设。文章概述了如何与金砖国家（巴西、