South Africa’s Biggest Party Shrugs Off US Sanctions Threat

South Africa’s biggest political party said the government won’t bow to demands from Donald Trump’s administration to change its policies even if that means its leaders are subjected to US sanctions.

American lawmakers are considering a bill that seeks a review of Washington’s bilateral relations with Pretoria because of its foreign-policy stance. Proposed by Texas Republican Congressman Ronny Jackson in April, the draft legislation states that South Africa has abandoned its relationship with the US while aligning itself with China, Russia, Iran and “terrorist organizations,” and raises the prospect of unidentified “corrupt officials” being censured.