South Africa's government said on Friday that tariffs announced by President Donald Trump this week effectively nullified the benefits African countries enjoy under U.S. trade initiative the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).

South Africa's foreign minister said on Friday that tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump this week had effectively nullified benefits Sub-Saharan African countries enjoy under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A secluded corner surrounded by litter and makeshift structures on the outskirts of South Africa’s capital is home to dozens of people with drug addiction. They inject themselves and each other with heroin-laden mixtures, some of them sharing needles.

White separatists from Orania in South Africa have reached out to Donald Trump for assistance in achieving autonomy. They emphasize that they aim to preserve Afrikaner culture rather than promote racism.

As South Africa navigates these turbulent economic waters, the long-term implications of increased US tariffs present both immediate challenges and potential avenues for inflation relief.

A group of white Afrikaners was so opposed to majority Black rule when apartheid ended some three decades ago that they carved out a separatist enclave, the only town in South Africa where all residents,

South Africa’s government said it would be ill-considered and counterproductive to rush into imposing reciprocal tariffs on imports from the US after Washington hit it with punitive charges. “There are all sorts of knee-jerk reactions to the announcements made” about the tariffs,

AfriForum CEO Kallie Kriel has stated that the ANC needs to be held responsible for the 30% tariff imposed on South Africa by US President Donald Trump.

Some of the highest rates will be levied on smaller African countries, with goods from Lesotho facing 50% tariffs.