A bipartisan group of American lawmakers has requested the Biden administration to punish South Africa for what they see because the nation’s assist of Russia’s battle in Ukraine by transferring a significant commerce convention scheduled to be held in South Africa this yr to a different nation.
The request, made in a letter despatched final week, is the primary concrete effort at retaliation by members of the U.S. authorities over the rising view in Washington that South Africa’s relationship with Russia is transferring in a…