Why this country became a test case for global power shifts

But the silence from the majority-white DA, the ANC’s coalition partner in government, suggests that Trump’s criticism of the ANC bodes well for its stance on the land issue in the country and as it seeks to further increase the DA support at future elections. The South African Communist Party (SACP), in its response to Trump’s non-attendance at the G20, said the US president continued to spread "false information and racist propaganda against South Africa in which he claimed that Afrikaners are being slaughtered in the country." Trump has already threatened increased tariffs against the country; he also removed the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR) funding, impacting the millions of citizens who benefitted from the HIV Aids funding that came through the mechanism and there is an increasing threat that the US Congress will remove the country from the trade benefits of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).

Author: RT

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