As the only sub-Saharan country on the list of latest trade tariffs the Trump administration threatens to impose, South Africa could be hit with 30% tariffs on its exports to the US from 1 August.

JOHANNESBURG - President Cyril Ramaphosa has responded to the tariffs announcement by the United States. From the 1st of August, the US will impose a 30% tariff on all South African goods. According to President Donald Trump's letter to President Ramaphosa, South Africa sells more to the US than it buys.

South Africa is among the first countries on the continent to receive notice that its tariff reprieve is coming to an end