effectively delivering public services, threatening the 
South African people and the South African econ-
omy, as illustrated by— 
(A) President Cyril Ramaphosa’s February 
9, 2023, declaration of a national state of dis-
aster over the worsening, multi-year power cri-
sis caused by the ANC’s chronic mismanage-
ment of the state-owned power company 
Eskom, resulting from endemic, high-level cor-
ruption; 
(B) the persistence of South African state- 
owned railway company Transnet’s insufficient 
capacity, which has disrupted rail operations 
and hindered mining companies’ export of iron 
ore, coal, and other commodities, in part due to 
malfeasance and corruption by former Transnet 
officials; 
(C) outbreaks of cholera in 2023 and 
2024, the worst in 15 years, which were due in 
part to the South African Government’s disease 
prevention failures, as President Ramaphosa 
admitted on June 9, 2023, including a failure 
to provide clean water to households; and 
(D) rampant state capture, that emerged 
and grew during the administration of former 
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President Jacob Zuma and has damaged South 
Africa’s international standing and profoundly 
undermined the rule of law, continues to nega-
tively impact the economic development pros-
pects and living standards of the South African 
people while deeply damaging public trust in 
state governance. 
(8) In November 2024, South Africa appointed 
Ebrahim Rasool as Ambassador to the United 
States. Rasool had previously made public comments 
describing President Trump as ‘‘extreme’’ and in 
March 2025, Rasool characterized President Trump 
as ‘‘a white supremacist’’. Secretary of State Marco 
Rubio subsequently declared Rasool as persona non 
grata in the United States. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) it is in the national security interest of the 
United States to deter strategic political and secu-
rity cooperation and information sharing with the 
PRC and the Russian Federation, particularly any 
form of cooperation that may aid or abet Russia’s 
war of aggression on Ukraine or its international 
standing or influence; and 
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(2) the South African Government’s foreign pol-
icy actions have long ceased to reflect its stated 
stance of nonalignment, and now directly favor the 
PRC, the Russian Federation, and Hamas, a known 
proxy of Iran, and thereby undermine United States 
national security and foreign policy interests. 
SEC. 4. PRESIDENTIAL CERTIFICATION OF DETERMINA-
TION WITH RESPECT TO SOUTH AFRICA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the President, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of De-
fense, shall certify to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees and release publicly an unclassified determination 
explicitly stating whether South Africa has engaged in ac-
tivities that undermine United States national security or 
foreign policy interests. 
(b) ACCOMPANYING REPORT.—The certification re-
quired by subsection (a) shall be accompanied by an un-
classified report submitted to the appropriate congres-
sional committees, with a classified annex if necessary, 
providing the justification for the determination. 
SEC. 5. FULL REVIEW OF THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP. 
(a) BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP REVIEW.—The Presi-
dent, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Sec-
retary of Defense, the United States Trade Representa-
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tive, and the heads of other Federal departments and 
agencies that play a substantial role in United States rela-
tions with South Africa, shall conduct a comprehensive re-
view of the bilateral relationship between the United 
States and South Africa. 
(b) REPORT ON FINDINGS.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port that includes the findings of the review required by 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 6. REPORT ON SANCTIONABLE PERSONS. 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the President, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State and the Secretary of Treasury, shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a clas-
sified report that includes— 
(1) a list of senior South African government 
officials and ANC leaders the President determines 
have engaged in corruption or human rights abuses 
that would be sufficient, based on credible evidence, 
to meet the criteria for the imposition of sanctions 
pursuant to the authorities provided by the Global 
Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (22 
U.S.C. 10101 et seq.); and 
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(2) with respect to each person identified pur-
suant to paragraph (1)— 
(A) a detailed explanation describing the 
conduct forming the basis of the person’s inclu-
sion on the list; and 
(B)(i) the expected timeline for sanctions 
described in paragraph (1) to be imposed with 
respect to such person; or 
(ii) if the President does not intend to 
impose sanctions with respect to such per-
son, a detailed justification describing the 
rationale and legal authorities underlying 
such negative determination. 
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) ANC.—The term ‘‘ANC’’ means the African Na-
tional Congress. 
(b) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 
The 
term 
‘‘appropriate 
congressional 
committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate. 
(c) CCP.—The term ‘‘CCP’’ means the Chinese Com-
munist Party. 
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(d) PRC.—The term ‘‘PRC’’ means the People’s Re-
public of China. 
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