Relationship dossier
Malawi
South Africa
Relationship assessment
Malawi and South Africa maintain a bilateral cooperation framework, with limited detail about its implementation.
Malawi toward South Africa
+20Malawi participates in bilateral cooperation with South Africa through a Joint Commission for Cooperation and agreements covering areas including trade and development.
South Africa toward Malawi
+20South Africa participates in bilateral cooperation with Malawi through a Joint Commission for Cooperation and agreements covering areas including trade and development.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship has a formal bilateral cooperation framework, including a Joint Commission and agreements in multiple fields. This provides a basis for sustained engagement, but available detail about the breadth and implementation of cooperation is limited.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Malawi and South Africa maintain a bilateral cooperation framework, including a Joint Commission for Cooperation and agreements covering areas such as trade and development. These arrangements support a cooperative relationship, though the scope and implementation of cooperation are not clear enough to characterize it as a close partnership.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of cooperation under the bilateral framework are unclear.