South Africa says its budget can't cover for the deep US cuts in foreign aid

South Africa says its budget can’t cover for the deep US cuts in foreign aid

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa doesn't have the funds to cover the over $430 million shortfall caused by the Trump administration's cuts in foreign aid, the country's finance minister said Wednesday.

South Africa says its budget can't cover for the deep US cuts in foreign aid

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Trump calls his own foreign aid cuts at USAID 'devastating'

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that his administration’s cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development and its aid programs worldwide have been “devastating.”, Reuters reported. Speaking beside South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a White House visit, Trump was asked about his cutting most foreign aid by a reporter who said the decision had significant impacts in Africa. “It’s devastating, and hopefully a lot of peopl…

South Africa says its budget can’t cover for the deep US cuts in foreign aid - Regional Media News

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa doesn’t have the funds to cover the over $430 million shortfall caused by the Trump administration’s cuts in foreign aid, the country’s finance minister said Wednesday. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana spoke to Parliament while presenting an updated budget — one without the value-added tax increases that had sparked public outcry and fierce disagreement among parties in the ruling coalition. Without that tax rev…