UMengameli waseMelika uDonald Trump umemezele intela engu-31% yezinto ezithengwa eNingizimu Afrika, ngenhloso yokubhekana nokungalingani kwezohwebo. Lesi sinqumo kulindeleke ukuthi sibe nomthelela omubi emnothweni waseNingizimu Afrika, ikakhulukazi imboni yayo yezimoto, ethumela ngaphandle izimoto nezingxenye zenani elingaphezu kwezigidigidi ezimbili zamaRandi e-U.S. Uhulumeni waseNingizimu Afrika ufuna izingxoxo eziphuthumayo nezikhulu zaseMelika ukuze kuxoxiswane ngesivumelwano esisha sokuhwebelana futhi kuncishiswe le miphumela.
Osomnotho baxwayisa ngokuthi lezi zindleko zingaholela emananini aphezulu kubathengi base-U.S. kanye nokulahlekelwa kwemisebenzi okungenzeka kuwo womabili la mazwe. IRandi laseNingizimu Afrika selivele lintekenteke uma liqhathaniswa nedola kulandela lesi simemezelo.
Ukwengeza, ukushuba kwesimo sezombusazwe kuhulumeni wobambiswano waseNingizimu Afrika kuyakhula, okuqhubekisela phambili isimo somnotho. Umphakathi wamazwe ngamazwe uzwakalise ukukhathazeka ngokuthi lezi zinyathelo zokuvikela zingase zidlulele ekubeni yimpi yohwebo ebanzi, ethinta izimakethe zomhlaba. INingizimu Afrika isalokhu izibophezele ekugcineni ubudlelwano bokuhwebelana obuzuzisa ngokufanayo ne-U.S. naphezu kwalezi zinselelo.