Interviews: US-South Africa relations

In early February 2025, Dr Scott spoke with multiple South African and African media outlets about Trump’s second Administration and overall United States-South Africa relations including:

• Radio 702- John Perlman chats to Dr. Scott Firsing, Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Global Dialogue, who shares his thoughts on the implications of the United States ceasing its aid to South Africa (https://omny.fm/shows/afternoon-drive-702/what-does-the-end-of-american-aid-to-south-africa).

• Newzroom Afrika- Several political formations and some sectors of the society have questioned the US President Donald Trump's decision to halt funding to South Africa after claiming massive human rights violations and that a lot of bad things are happening in the country.

  Research Fellow at UKZN Dr Thulasizwe Mkhabela, BRICS Business Council member Dr Stavros Nicolaou, and Senior Research Associate at the IGD, Dr Scott Firsing discuss this further (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmS7kQ_cfP4).