Which of the following statements best characterizes south africa's economy immediately following the end of apartheid?
a. it depended on the export of cash crops like rubber and coffee.
b. it had limited manufacturing and depended on the export of gold.
c. it diversified with widespread manufacturing and service sectors.
d. it depended heavily on foreign investment and trade.

I can confirm it is "B". Just took the test, November 25, 2018

since there isn't any suggested answers i will give you the reason and hopefully you can figure it

south africa, or rather all of africa, has not been in the location in which it is nowadays throughout the geological past. after the super-continent pangaea started to break apart, gondwanaland, in which was africa, moved further south, and parts of it came to be very close to the south pole. because the climate in this part of the world is very cold due to the very dispersed sun rays in there, what is now south africa, started to freeze, and the conditions were right for the formation of glaciers. the glaciers existed up until the period when gondwanaland started to break apart and what is now africa started to move towards north, sp it warmed up and the glaciers melted.

the awnser is a

it is not b or c