Mbalula says SA will not sacrifice its sovereignty over US tariffs [SOUND]

# The ANC says it will continue to defend South Africa’s transformation agenda despite increasing global pressure, including the 30-percent tariffs imposed by the US. The party maintains that transformation policies, including broad-based black economic empowerment and land reform, are essential to redressing past injustices. Briefing the media on the outcomes of the national executive committee meeting, ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula said the government will not trade its sovereignty for economic favours: