the US has cut military assistance and cooperation with the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).
...any South African military personnel in the US for training should be sent back to South Africa as soon as possible.
According to JSE data, foreign investors sold R3.4 billion worth of South African equities last week, bringing their total year-to-date sales to R94.8 billion. This is nearly triple the value of shares sold by foreign investors during the same period last year, continuing a decade-long trend of investors taking money out of South African assets.
The office of president Cyril Ramaphosa has defended the president’s choice to send former deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas as a special envoy to the United States, despite his previous criticisms of US president Donald Trump resurfacing. The president said that he does not believe Trump is someone who holds grudges, and Jonas’ comments were made when he was not serving in government.
