South Africa will defend sovereignty, ANC chair says as tensions with US grow

Worldview: ANC defends SA sovereignty, rejects US criticism over land reform law

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has vigorously defended the country’s sovereignty amid mounting tensions with the United States over race relations and a contentious new land expropriation law.

South Africa will defend sovereignty, ANC chair says amid US tensions

The ANC chair's comments come after months of US tension over race relations and land law.

Freedom Day: 'SA a free and sovereign country, not a province of US,' Mantashe says

As the country celebrates 31 years of freedom, acting president Gwede Mantashe said the world’s eyes were “glued on South Africa”.

Jacob Zuma Vows to Reclaim ANC if Party Loses Power

Former South African president Jacob Zuma has once again stirred the political scene by declaring that his party, uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), will reclaim the African National Congress (ANC) should it lose its dominance in the country’s political sphere. Speaking at a campaign rally in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday, Zuma accused the current ANC leadership of straying from the movement’s founding principles. He pledged that his supporters would unite to …

South Africa will defend sovereignty, President Ramaphosa's party says amid US tensions - Zimbabwe News Now

PRETORIA, South Africa – A senior figure from South Africa’s ruling ANC party has defended his country’s sovereignty amid growing tensions with the US over race relations and a new land law. “We are a free country, we’re a sovereign country. We’re not a province of the United States and that sovereignty will be defended,” ANC National Chair Gwede Mantashe said on Sunday. US President Donald Trump has hit out at South Africa’s new expropriation l…

South Africans who think US President Donald Trump is their "mahkul boss" should go to America rather than stay here, says Gwede Mantashe, Minister of Minerals and Petroleum Resources.