US lawmakers revive call for review of South African relations
Two US lawmakers introduced a bill to review South Africa’s ties with Washington, alleging that it supports America’s adversaries.
Ronny Jackson, a Texas Republican, said his proposed legislation would mandate a full assessment of the bilateral relationship between the countries. Michigan Republican John James, who brought forward a similar bill last year, co-sponsored the proposal.
“South Africa has brazenly abandoned its relationship with the United States to align with China, Russia, Iran, and terrorist organisations, a betrayal that demands serious consequences,” Jackson said in a statement. The law would provide the tools “necessary to impose sanctions on corrupt South African government officials who choose to support America’s adversaries.”
Relations between Washington and Pretoria have deteriorated, with President Donald Trump freezing US aid to South Africa after claiming the nation seizes the land of White farmers and over its genocide case against Israel in the International Court of Justice. South Africa has not confiscated any private land since the end of apartheid in 1994.
Pretoria’s close ties with China and its refusal to condemn Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine has also raised concern in the US.
This is US lawmakers’ second attempt to pass such legislation in a year: the House in June approved a bipartisan bill with an amendment calling for a review of South Africa’s national-security risks to the US, but former President Joe Biden signed a final version of the law that didn’t contain the proposal.
Under the Trump administration, the Republican Party holds majority seating in both the House and Senate.
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