US EditionSouth Africans March for 'Sovereignty' After US Pressure
Marches mark Human Rights Day as South Africans protest US tariffs and political pressure with 30% tariffs on exports, defending national sovereignty and democratic gains.
- Human Rights Day in Johannesburg saw thousands march to defend sovereignty after months of US criticism, the ANC said.
- Washington's actions ranged from tariffs to trade probes; last year, President Donald Trump slapped 30-percent tariffs on most South African exports, and South Africa faces a US trade investigation among 60 countries.
- On the streets, demonstrators in ANC green and yellow displayed messages, and a demonstrator said 'They hate us' while organisers planned a Cape Town march later the same day.
- The actions add to a list of diplomatic clashes including South Africa's protests after the US ambassador's 'I don't care what your courts say, it's hate speech,' remark, and protests are planned in Cape Town.
- The African National Congress asserted the 'principle of national sovereignty is under attack from foreign and domestic forces' and accused unnamed foreign actors of spreading 'lies' to justify punitive economic measures.
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They were several tens of thousands in the streets of Johannesburg this Saturday. L的ANC launched this "people's march" to defend South Africa's sovereignty in the face of American pressure. For more than a year, Donald Trump has targeted South Africa, its domestic policy, its position on Gaza, and goes so far as to speak of an anti-white genocide largely denied by the facts.
Thousands of South Africans have demonstrated Saturday in Johannesburg against Washington's pressure at the party's call for power at the African National Congress (ANC), in which the Secretary-General has appointed the new US ambassador entitled "dedicated" to the head, France Presse, quoted by Agerpres.
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South Africans march for 'sovereignty' after US pressure
Thousands of South Africans marched Saturday to demand respect for their nation's sovereignty after months of pressure from US President Donald Trump on issues from trade to race relations.
Customs duties, South African position on Gaza, alleged persecution of the Afrikaners... Thousands of people marched in Johannesburg to protest Trump's attitude towards their country.
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