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.

South African opposition party the Economic Freedom Fighters has written to the speaker of parliament seeking to block lawmakers from meeting on Wednesday to vote on the next stage of the budget process.

Leaders in the DA told the Financial Times they feared the grand coalition — which was formed after the ANC lost its majority in May — was now “done and dusted”. The ANC “simply refused to compromise”,

Repairing the fractured relationship between South Africa and the US hinges on balanced trade, according to business and labor leaders from the continent’s biggest economy who met with American politicians in Washington.

"Whilst South Africa remains committed to a mutually beneficial trade relationship with the United States, unilaterally imposed and punitive tariffs are a concern and serve as a b

The US has imposed a 30% tariff on certain South African goods imported into the country as part of President Donald Trump's strategy of imposing reciprocal tariffs.Source: Source: Donald J. Trump/Facebook.