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Congressional opposition grows to Trump's decision to strip South Africa of AGOA benefits.
Rep. Gregory Meeks (House Foreign Affairs) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (Senate Foreign Relations), both top Democrats, warn the move could hand China a strategic advantage, disrupt US supply chains and undermine American economic interests.
Rep. Richard Neal, top Democrat on House Ways & Means, calls it a trade decision “grounded in grievance” and demands an explanation and a path to reinstatement.
Meeks and Shaheen want negotiations with Pretoria during the 60-day notice period before SA's exclusion on Jan 1.
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Senior Democratic Congressman released this statement slamming Trump admin decision to exclude South Africa from AGOA
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed the US midterm results as a “new era in world relations”.
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Might be an unpopular statement but based on policy alone, there are currently no alternatives for black people besides the ANC.
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IF SOUTH AFRICA WERE EXCLUDED FROM AGOA, the country would face an additional Most Favoured Nation tariff of around 3.4% on top of the existing tariffs the current U.S. Administration added to various countries.
Currently, some South African products enter the U.S. market at 12.5% tariffs (Liberation Day tariff). Without AGOA, these tariffs would rise to 15.9%, slightly reducing the competitiveness of South African agricultural products in the U.S. market.
Still, one could argue that while this would be a challenging path, IT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE AS CATASTROPHIC as we have faced in the past, when it faced much higher U.S. tariffs and still managed to compete.
For example, in 2025, those of us in the South African farming sector faced tariffs of around 30%. Still, exports to the U.S. were strong. South Africa’s agricultural exports to the U.S. in 2025 totalled US$504 million, down 3% from the previous year.
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It is not lost to anyone with a memory how white racists instinctively seek Zulu nationalism, as a partner in their quest to divide and conquer. I hope those who lost relatives, were maimed and lost property in KZN, the East Rand, those who survived the violence on trains and hostels, will speak. The Zulu nation, a proud "member" of South Africa's rich tapestry, will tell us if they approve of right wing SA's renewed interest in them. And the rest of South Africa? Apartheid South Africa's financial and security support for the IFP cost this country dearly. Do we want that again?
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CNN liberal heads explode after Caroline Sunshine defends the Trump Administration's policy to accept South African refugees.
"They are African. Whether they are white or black, they are African. And for decades this country has taken in millions of refugees from Africa."
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-There are consistent tribal wars in West Africa
-Libya is selling immigrants as slaves
-There's a genocide in the DRC
-22 countries in the continent are led by dictators
-32 countries have criminalized same sex relationships
...But South Africa is the reason Africa can't unite?
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The intercontinental champions will be crowned in Qatar 🏆
#FIFAIntercontinentalCup
DA lite
ActionSA To-Do list after voting for them:
1. No BEE Act.
2. No Black Employment Equity Act.
3. No Land Expropriation without Compensation.
4. No African History education.
5. No BRICS. SA must be alligned to NATO & America.
6. ActionSA supports Isreal.
Herman Mashaba is more dangerous to Black people than the DA & AfriForum.
Don't say we did not warn you when your & family's poverty gets worse.
