South African here. There is a vast gap between what the elite believe and what the world perceives of South Africa, and what South Africans think.

Most South Africans have a very low interest in Israel-Palestine. Anecdotally, in person Palestinian rally struggle to get more than 100 people.

There are plenty of domestic issues which people care about more. For one, there are 20,000-25,000 murders here per year. Relatively the deaths in Gaza are much higher (it is about 25x smaller), but when people march its for the 127,000 murdered here over the last 5 years, not the 70,000 killed in Gaza.

That is the sign of a healthy society. Unlike many countries in the West that have bought into a billion dollar hate campaign sponsored by Qatar and amplified by strategic rivals like Russia and China.