NICHOLAS WOODE-SMITH | Enough with the tantrums - Trump is not attacking South African sovereignty

Published 2 months ago• 1 minute read

17 February 2025 - 04:30 By Nicholas Woode-Smith

President Cyril Ramaphosa, government officials and other misguided pundits are wrong. US President Donald Trump’s executive order against South Africa doesn’t violate our sovereignty. It is disappointing that so many people who should know better have exposed such heinous ignorance...

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