JOHANNESBURG—After the South African government requested Taiwan to move its official representative office out of the capital city Pretoria, some U.S. lawmakers are condemning the decision and calling for consequences.
Chrispin Phiri, spokesman for South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation, confirmed to The Epoch Times that “The president has made it clear that the Taiwanese government must vacate its Pretoria premises by the end of October and relocate to Johannesburg or action will be taken to ensure that this happens.”
On Oct. 21, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) posted on the social media platform X that the United States “should not tolerate this behavior from South Africa.”…