control bySouthAfrican compani~~ wouldhaveserious implicatlolls inreapect to themilitary co-operation between tbetwocountries becauso oCtllflmajolrolc played byKoorinIsraeli military production, Koordelliecl thAt.11.WASseekiug hell-'fromSouthAfrican investors andbanks, However, (ltherrepoT"'''; inMeated that ithadalready borrowed $80million fromSouthAfrican bBnks.U /'1'hesudden generosity ofSouthAfrican financial institutions, appllrenl.1y wH.hthetlic1t approval ofthecountry IElfinancial regUlatory authoritioJ,Guggeot.r: ttHlI:tho mE\intenance offt>r"ign tradelinksviaKoori6oftheutmost. Jmprn·t.nllr.p. ".0"hp apyrtheid regime. 16.ItW6Sreported t:.hattheI8rae.li Kibbutz Ayelet Hat/huhar wasI:diiuniug toaeU acompJete tyre ~actor) toSouc.hAlrican !"1,;'l!stors. ThE!latter .1111.1~llclf!t1 notonly toshipthemachinery t.oSouthAfricabutalso',0hiretheIr,raelJ Wl)I'l(erli, who wouldberelocated toSouthAfrica. The facto~y, ca11e(1 Eital1, huild~mouldsfor automotive tyresusingasophisticated process totransfp'l' t/lfldef:dqll frompapal'lo ··9"-mttta1.Itwaaa110reported thatthefac:tory wouldbeexpected 1,(1provide t'.yresto theSouthAfrican military. 1J1 17.Theexchange ofvisits betweeu tradede19gatJons frrnn lsra~l "'IdSouthAfrlcn isanindication ofcontinuing economic co-operation. Nntwi.thllt,fllld ln~,thAf1edared policyoftheGoverrunent ofIsrael, anIsra~li tradedelegntion "Jalted Buulh AfricainAuqust 1988todiscuss investm ..mtinIsrael audIIH'ne.l1 flshilly riqhtH In SouthAfrican waterl. 151 18.TheSpecial Committee hasreported inprevious YCcUBonCf)·IIpMotion bfltween Israelandthe"homelands". InFebruary 1989,adelegation (rumt.he"inl1epenclent homeland" ofBophuthatlwana visitftd Israel. Thedeleqal!on included thoso-cnlled mbister ofeconomic planning andtheheadofaBophutht\tswanc\ uHt,ioll"1 development groupandattempted toencourage Israeli investment inIlophuthat HWOllll. lQI 19.InitsreplytotheSecretariat dated20July1988(seeA/44/51J) concerlling concerted actionfortheelimination ofapartheid, thel:overrunont, o(lr.rncl elaborated further onthedecision takeninMarch1987. Inthat.reply, IHrae.l claimsthatnoexchanges ofufficial visits hadtakenplneebetween thetwo countries. Noathletes orartists identifhd withthe'\PMUteisl Ie'.Jimewere allClwed intoIsrael owinqtoaprohibition onsports exchanger; wjthSout.hAf:rJCll. Nonewagreem",nt regarding scientific collaboration wasIdgded hetween lhetwo countries. ThereplystatedthatIsraelcontinued toahidnbyHnCobinnt rledson of1987concerning economic andtraderelations withSouthAfricR. Itwosalso statedthatIsraelneither imported krugerrand norsolduilBill)Id1'l'elated products toSouthAfrica. Thenoteclaimed that"furthfll'lnOre, Utiuewinvestments inSouthAfrica havebuenapproved". Itfurthftr stated that."illII.HendeRVOUnl to assisttheblackpopUlation ofSouthAfrica, JArael hasoffered training programmes fOIappropriate candidates fromtheblackcommunities". Noreference ismadein thereplytothequestion ofmilitary andnuclear collaboration wJlhSouthAfliC8. 20.Notwithstanding theabove-mentioned reply,reports concernJllg collaboration between Isr~el andSouthAfricainmi1iltary andotherfields, osstatedearlier, indicate thatsuchcol'aborbtion hascontinued inspiteofeffort.s lQ(:o~ce6litin ordertoavoidinternational criticism • ..g',-IV.CONCLUSIONS ANDRECOMMENDATIONS 2:&..TheSpecial Committee took ~oteofther,epeated ISl'8e11 otat.ftment thatits relations withSouthAfrica ha~beencurtailed. However manyrevortsstillpoint toongoing collaboration, especially inmilitary matters. 22.TheSpecial Committee still. consi~efll itessential thatIsraelreveolits eXisting secretagreements an~arrangements withSouthAfricaforthesupplyof weapons andmilitary technology an~thatallsuchagreements aneteuramdements be abrogate~. Theassistance provi~e~ byIsraeli engineers andtechnioi3us toSouth Africa's armaments in~ustry constitutes aviolation ofrelevant Ueneral Assembly andSecurity Council resolutions.
**Analysis**
The text primarily focuses on the economic and military cooperation between South Africa and Israel, including the exchange of visits, trade agreements, and technological transfers. It also touches on the implications of this cooperation on the international community and the Israeli government's response to criticisms.

**Category**
Industry, International trade, Science and technology