Lawmakers were warned that the United States is planning more punitive actions against the country. Officials hope a new trade deal will help repair the icy relations.
President Trump announced Friday that “any farmer” fleeing South Africa can come to America and receive a “rapid pathway” to citizenship.
A contentious law that allows South Africa’s government to expropriate land has enraged the United States. Many fear that the African nation could now potentially lose some of its US trade privileges.
Health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has told the members of the National Assembly that South Africa must take responsibility for the HIV/AIDS funding crisis after US President Donald Trump slashed funding aid.
The United States has pulled out of a climate funding deal struck by rich nations to help their developing counterparts transition to clean energy, the programme's first beneficiary South Africa and Indonesia said Thursday.
The United States has withdrawn from a climate agreement where rich nations have pledged billions of dollars to help a small group of developing countries switch from coal to green energy sources
US diplomatic crisis is deepening while the SA government is yet to send envoys to engage with the Trump administration.
A Democratic congresswoman is facing heat after she told DOGE Chief Elon Musk to "go back to South Africa" in a comment that conservatives on social media called xenophobic.
South Africa's telecoms regulator said Starlink had not applied for a licence to operate in the country. Read more at straitstimes.com.