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Download (7MB) Indonesia – South Africa: A South-South Partnership in the Making A Commemorative Book Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations Between the Republic of Indonesia and the Republic of South Africa Indonesia – South Africa: A South-South Partnership in the Making | i Editors Muhammed Haron and Ardhya Erlangga Arby Copyrights © December 2019 by The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia and Authors Publisher : The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia 949 Francis Baard Street Pretoria, South Africa ISBN : 978-0-620-86706-1 Artistic Logo © Moh. Rikza, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2019 ii | Indonesia – South Africa: A South-South Partnership in the Making CONTENTS Acknowledgments Remarks by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia Contributors Foreword Struggle Solidarity that Seeks Shared Prosperity: Indonesia and South Africa’s Bond Ambassador Salman Al-Farisi A Poem: Tanjung by Taufiq Ismail Introduction Indonesia – South Africa Ties: Capturing an Evolving Relationship Prof. Muhammed Haron and Minister Counsellor Ardhya Erlangga Arby Part One: Political and Diplomatic Relations – The State Actors Chapter One Indonesia Foreign Policy: Engaging with Africa Dr. Siswo Pramono Chapter Two Indonesia and South Africa: Building A New Generation of Partnership Ambassador Dr. Teuku Faizasyah Chapter Three South Africa and Indonesia: A Brief Assessment of Their Relations Ambassador Dr. Hilton Fishe Chapter Four Birth of a Diplomatic Relationship: Mandela and Indonesia Prof. Dirk Kotze Indonesia – South Africa: A South-South Partnership in the Making | iii Part Two: Events and Institutions: Binding Their Partnership Chapter Five Rethinking the Bandung Conference in an Era of ‘unipolar liberal globalization’ and movements toward a ‘multipolar politics Prof. Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo Chapter Six Indonesia - South Africa: Truly Co-partners in the Indian Ocean Region Dr. Arifi Saiman Chapter Seven South Africa and Indonesia: Two States Compared Prof. Muhammed Haron Part Three: Economics and Trade: Advancing Their Connections Chapter Eight Business Indonesia: Prospects for South African Companies Mr. Ebrahim Patel Chapter Nine Asia for Africa: Looking Towards Indonesia – Perspectives from the Media Mr. Moses Mudzwiti Chapter Ten Luring Companies, Marketing Products: The Role of Indonesia Trade Promotion Center, Johannesburg Prof. Muhammed Haron Part Four: The Non-State Actors: Enriching the Relations Chapter Eleven Early Communal Connections (circa 1650s-1850s): South Africa’s Kaap de Goede Hoop and Indonesia’s Batavia Prof. Muhammed Haron Chapter Twelve Quest after Ancestral Roots: Al-Haj Nurel Erefaan Rakiep’s (1922-2005) Story Shaykh Muttaqin Rakiep iv | Indonesia – South Africa: A South-South Partnership in the Making Chapter Thirteen Shaykh Ridwan Rylands and Prof. Dr. Hj Tutty Alawiyah: Creating Networks, Forging Ties Shaykh Ridwan Rylands (with Prof. Muhammed Haron) Chapter Fourteen AwqafSA: Its Relations with Indonesian Intuitions Mr. Zeinoul Cajee Chapter Fifteen Muslim Judicial Council’s Indonesian Ties: Recording its International Profile Shaykh Shahid Esau (with Prof. Muhammed Haron) A Poem: Homecoming by Shaykh Luqman Rakiep Postscript The Way Forward Prof. Muhammed Haron and Minister Councillor Ardhya Erlangga Arby Acronyms Bibliography Indonesia – South Africa: A South-South Partnership in the Making | v Acknowledgments At the outset, we need to express our deep gratitude to the Pretoria- based Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia for having initiated this project. In fact, the Embassy has been pro-active at different levels in facilitating various activities to deepen and strengthen the relationship and this book project is but one of many such initiatives. Now this work would not have reached its completion if it had not been for a few unknown individuals who made their inputs in different ways. One of these is Mr. Armien Cassiem who is a Cape Town-based IT specialist; he assisted in transforming pdf documents to the Word format and assisted with other technical matters. That aside, foremost we would like to take this opportunity to convey our gratitude and appreciation to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, Her Excellency Ms. Retno L.P. Marsudi, for having shared her sagacious thoughts regarding this publication. We wish to thank some of the contributors who came on board and who willingly helped to realize this objective of this text; here we should mention the Rakiep brothers as well as Shaykh Ridwan Rylands who made their inputs. We too acknowledge the contributions that include the respected essays by Prof. Dirk Kotze and Mr. Zeinoul Cajee. Alongside these, we fully appreciate Dr. Siswo Pramono’s essay as well as those of the other Indonesian contributors. Among the list of Indonesian and South African contributors, we want to express our thanks Professor T. Lumumba-Kasongo, a USA based scholar, as well as the Bandung: Journal of the Global South for having permitted us to reprint his previously published essay. Besides this reprint, we also thank The Jakarta Post for having allowed us to do the same with Ambassador Salman Al Farisi’s essay that we inserted as this text’s Foreword. And we hastily acknowledge our gratitude to the editors of the Good Hope: South Africa and the Netherlands from 1600 (Amsterdam: Rijks Museum, 2017) for having granted Prof. Muhammed Haron to radically revise his chapter on the ‘Early Muslim Community’ that appeared as Chapter 9 in the mentioned work and that appears as Chapter Eleven in this one. We recognize the fact that all the information and photographs from Indonesian vi | Indonesia – South Africa: A South-South Partnership in the Making Trade Promotion Center, Johannesburg, were extracted by Prof. Haron (Chapter Ten) from its official website (http://www.itpcjohannesburg.com/). Speaking about photographs, we also record that all the photos and diagrams used in this text were duly accredited, including the artistic works of Mr. Moh. Rikza, an Indonesian graphic designer, through the logo design that appears on the cover of this book; if any figure was not rightfully recognized, then we apologize. Lastly, we wish readily state that a few of the ideas that we reconstructed and inserted in our postscript were drawn from Rajiv Bhatia; the latter is a Distinguished Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies unit at India’s Gateway House (https://www.gatewayhouse. in/india-south-africa-relations-the-way-forward/). Indonesia – South Africa: A South-South Partnership in the Making | vii Remarks by H.E. Retno L.P. Marsudi Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia Indonesia’s bonds with Africa has been established a few centuries past as is evident from historical and archeological research. We, however, are aware that there is a need to strengthen our ties. To this end, when the New Asian – African Partnership (NAASP) was declared during 2005 Asian – African Summit in Jakarta, we considered that a good start, as we look forward to the future, where Indonesia and African countries are commit- ted to advancing and developing together. In this context, during the past few years, Indonesia has geared its foreign policy to consider Africa as one of the potential non-traditional markets. On this note, I would like to reiterate Indonesia’s genuine commitment to be part of the development in Africa, while likewise, Indonesia also wants Africa to be part of the development in Indonesia. Indonesia could become a credible partner for African countries by ensuring mutually-prof- itable economic cooperation between itself and as many African countries as possible. With the purpose of strengthening and intensifying the rela- tions between Indonesia and Africa in mind, we organized two significant events in the past two years. The Indonesia – Africa Forum (IAF) and the Indonesia – Africa Infrastructure Dialogue (IAID) were set up respectively in 2018 and 2019. We should underline, however, that the Republic of South Africa stands out among African countries with which Indonesia has had diplomatic ties for at least 25 years. Our two nations have historically always have close affinity. Indonesia had strong emphaty for the liberation struggle since the the 1955 Bandung conference that among others was attended by two Af- rican National Congress (ANC) representatives. We never shied away from supporting the liberation movements during those years. When the Presi- dent Nelson Mandela was sworn into office as South Africa’s first demo- cratically elected head of state, Indonesia was there to provide whatever assistance it could. viii | Indonesia – South Africa: A South-South Partnership in the Making Since 1994, Indonesia and South Africa has remained faithful to one another as partners in diplomacy. This has been demonstrated through the role shared in various international forums, such as the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), G20 and as fellow Non-Permanent Members of the UN Security Council. While trade relations need to be improved to advance the progress of our partnership even further, we see that taking place in the years ahead. Although ASEAN remains the cornerstone of our for- eign policy, we will see to it that our ties with South Africa grow manifold. Herein lies the significance of the two countries’ commitments announced through the Joint Declaration on a Strategic Partnership for a Peaceful and Prosperous Future, which was agreed on 2008. In closing, I would like to thank the Embassy of the Republic of Indone- sia
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