{"id":91835,"date":"2025-10-21T16:13:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T16:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/lamola-highlights-strategic-sa-us-partnership-amid-tensions"},"modified":"2025-10-21T16:37:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T16:37:54","slug":"lamola-highlights-strategic-sa-us-partnership-amid-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/lamola-highlights-strategic-sa-us-partnership-amid-tensions","title":{"rendered":"Lamola Highlights Strategic SA-US Partnership Amid Tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola said South Africa\u2019s relationship with the United States (US) remains key, despite diplomatic tensions flaring this year.<\/p>\n<p>Lamola is currently in London at the Financial Times Africa Summit, where he again addressed the visit by a South African delegation to the White House in May.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, President Cyril Ramaphosa was accompanied by four ministers and businessman Johann Rupert in an effort to salvage ties between the two nations.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting, however, took an unexpected turn when Donald Trump &#8220;ambushed&#8221; the South African delegation.<\/p>\n<p>Trump displayed what he referred to as a &#8220;documentary&#8221;, largely featuring Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema chanting the controversial &#8220;Kill the Boer&#8221; slogan and other false narratives about a genocide against Afrikaner farmers.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the ambush on Tuesday, Lamola maintained it is business as usual between the two economies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe continue to view the US as a strategic partner to our economy,\u201d Lamola stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are lives and livelihoods that are empowered by American investment in our country \u2013 that\u2019s why the partnership remains strategic. But we also understand that our relations with the US is not just in the White House \u2013 it\u2019s companies, Congress, civil society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola said South Africa\u2019s relationship with the United States (US) remains key, despite diplomatic tensions flaring this year. Lamola is currently in London at the Financial Times Africa Summit, where he again addressed the visit by a South African delegation to the White House in May. 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