South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pushed back against U.S. President Donald Trump's imposition of a 30% tariff, saying that it was based on an inaccurate understanding of the two countries' trade and that negotiations with the U.

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has opposed what he calls the "unilateral" higher trade tariffs imposed on his country by the US. US President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he would subject imports from South Africa to a new 30% tariff from 1 August.

A "unilateral imposition of a 30% trade tariff against South Africa." South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has pushed back against the latest wave of trade tariffs from the Trump administration - a wave that also targets Pretoria,