Prace ma za cil charakterizovat postaveni Jihoafricke republiky na mezinarodni scene a to sice s ohledem na jeji energeticky prumysl. Globalni energeticky trh funguje na specifickych principech a ovlivnuje zasadnim zpusobem deni i na globalni politicke scene. Jihoafricka republika ma v ramci tohoto trhu jistou perspektivu, ktera bude v teto praci ukazana. Hypoteza: Prace vychazi z predpokladu, ze JAR je velice silnym hracem na africkem energetickem trhu a vzhledem k exportu surovin i na trhu globalnim. Tamni vyvoj navic smeruje k rozvoji zavedene jaderne energetiky, coz jeji pozici zrejme jeste posili. Zdroje: Fig, David: Uranium road: questioning South Africa's nuclear direction, Jacana Media Ldt., Heinrich Böll Foundation, 2005. ISBN 1-77009-092-4 Helm, Dieter: The New Energy Paradigm, Oxford University Press, 512 s.; ISBN13: 978-0-19-922970-3ISBN10: 0-19-922970-8 Hugh G. Wales, F. F. Winklé, C. Bak: Marketing in South Africa, The Journal of Marketing, Vol. 27, No. 4, s. 42-47, American Marketing Association, Dostupné z: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1248644 Taylor, Ian: Globalization and Regionalization in Africa: Reactions to Attempts at Neo-Liberal Regionalism, Review of International Political Economy, Vol. 10, No. 2, s. 310-330, dostupné z: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4177462 Winkler, Harald a kol.: Energy Policies for Sustainable Development in South Africa, Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town, 225 s.; ISBN: 0-620-36294-4, Dostupné z: http://www.iaea.org/OurWork/ST/NE/Pess/assets/South_Africa_Report_May06.pdf Escom, dostupné z: http://www.eskom.co.za/ Internation Energy Agency, dostupné z: http://www.iea.org/ Review of African Political Geography, dostupné z: http://www.roape.org/