UMongameli waseMelika uDonald Trump umemezele ngoLwesihlanu ukuthi i-US izosusa yonke imali yenhlangano eNingizimu Afrika. Lokhu kulandela isinqumo saphambilini sokunciphisa uxhaso lwezimali ngenxa yokungaboni ngaso linye mayelana nemigomo yaseNingizimu Afrika yokubuyiswa komhlaba kanye necala elibhekene ne-Israel elaulwa yiNingizimu Africa eNkantolo Yobulungisa Yamazwe Ngamazwe. UTrump uphinde wanikeza indlela esheshayo yokuba yisakhamuzi kubalimi baseNingizimu Afrika abafuna ukuyobhaca e-US, wathi uhlelo luzoqala ngokushesha.
INingizimu Afrika ngomlomo kamkhulumeli kaMengameli Cyril Ramaphosa, uVincent Magwenya, othe izwe ngeke lizibandakanye ezingxoxweni ezisesidlangalaleni nemelika kodwa lizibophezele ekwakheni ubudlelwano obunenhlonipho nobuzuzisa omabili lamazwe. UMagwenya ugcizelele ukubaluleka kokuhlonipha ukuzimela nobuzwe baseNingizimu Afrika.
Ubunikazi bomhlaba eNingizimu Afrika bulokhu bungalingani kakhulu, njengoba abanikazi bomhlaba abamhlophe bephethe u-75% wamapulazi, kuyilapho abantu abamnyama baseNingizimu Afrika, abakha u-80% wabantu, banama-4% kuphela. Ukubhekana nalokhu, uRamaphosa usayine umthetho ngoJanuwari ovumela ukudliwa komhlaba ngokwezidingo zomphakathi,” ngezinye izikhathi ngaphandle kwesinxephezelo.
Ngo-2024, usizo lwangaphandle lwase-US oluya eNingizimu Afrika lwabekwa ku-$323.4 million (R5.9 billion), ngokwemininingwane kahulumeni wase-US. Ukunqanyulwa kwezimali kanye nokuphawula kukaTrump kuphinde kwaphazamisa ubudlelwano phakathi kwamazwe amabili.