Lowo owayengumholi we-DA uTony Leon kanye nowayeyilungu le-ANC ePhalamende uLindiwe Sisulu bacatshangelwa njengabaphezulu abazongena esikhundleni sika-Ebrahim Rasool njengenxusa laseNingizimu Afrika e-US. URasool uxoshwe ngemuva kokusola lowo owayenguMengameli waseMelika uDonald Trump ngokubusa ngesandla sensimbi, eshiya igebe elibucayi kwezokuxhumana phakathi kwalamazwe.
USihlalo we-DA uHelen Zille weseke uTony Leon, ebalula amava akhe njengenxusa lase-Argentina nekhono lakhe lokusebenzela izwe. UZille ugcizelele isidingo sokulungisa ubudlelwano obuntekenteke e-US-SA, exwayisa ngokuthi ukungezwani kungase kuphazamise umnotho waseNingizimu Afrika.
Khonamanjalo, i-Activists and Citizens Forum iqoke uLindiwe Sisulu, incoma isipiliyoni anaso kuhulumeni kanye neqhaza lakhe lamazwe ngamazwe. Okhulumela iForamu uDennis Bloem ubize uSisulu njengomholi oqotho nozobeka phambili izimfuno zezwe.
UMengameli uCyril Ramaphosa ubhekene nesinqumo esinzima sokuqoka ozongena esikhundleni sakhe. U-Leon uthathwa njengosopolitiki onekhono, kanti uSisulu uthathwa njengosopolitiki osemnkantshubomvu nonomlando omuhle. Ukukhetha kuzobumba indlela yeNingizimu Afrika yokwakha kabusha ubudlelwano ne-US phakathi kwezingxabano eziqhubekayo.
Ukuqokwa kubalulekile njengoba iNingizimu Afrika ifuna ukuqinisa ubukhona bayo bobunxusa eWashington futhi ivikele izintshisekelo zayo zezomnotho nezepolitiki. Lesi sinqumo silindeleke maduze nje, bobabili abazongenela ukhetho balethe amandla ahlukile endimeni.