Caution over spill-over effects as SA slips into US crosshairs

📅 Published: August 16, 2025

📰 Source: theindependent

Curated by AllZimNews.com

Zimbabwe’s business community is on the edge as tensions mount between South Africa and the United States, amid fears that potential sanctions on Africa’s most industrialised nation could trigger a domino effect across the region and inflict heavy damage on Zimbabwe’s fragile economy.

The anxiety comes as a Bill has been tabled in Washington seeking to reassess the US relationship with South Africa in light of Pretoria’s foreign policy stance — particularly its increasingly close ties with China and Russia.

If enacted, the Bill could lead to penalties against senior South African government and ruling African National Congress officials, while re-calibrating trade, diplomatic and security engagements between the two countries.

For Zimbabwe, the stakes could hardly be higher.

South Africa is not only its biggest trading partner but also the main gateway for its imports, exports and regional business linkages. “It will affect all Sadc countries — Zimbabwe in particular,” Trust Chikohora, former president of both the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) and the Comesa Business Council, told businessdigest.

He said a possible fallout from sanctions on South Africa could be “profound and painful” for Zimbabwe. “Sanctions limit a country’s development route and agenda, and if that happens to South Africa its economic growth will be impacted,” Chikohora said. 🔗

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