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,

Minister Ronald Lamola warns that President Trump's new tariffs could severely impact South Africa's economy, nullifying the benefits of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act.

South Africa has no immediate plans to retaliate against the US over tariffs announced by Donald Trump this week and will instead seek to negotiate exemptions and quota agreements, senior government officials said on Friday.

South Africa’s fragile unity government has been shaken again. The country’s second-largest political party broke with partners Wednesday and voted against a national budget.

The second largest party in South Africa’s coalition, the business-friendly Democratic Alliance, launched a legal challenge on Thursday to block a 0.5% VAT increase in the country’s new budget, raising concerns that the fragile government could collapse.