Fighters say this was clearly crafted to smear SA for daring to assert its sovereignty Wednesday, 13 August 2025.

The EFF and the South African government have condemned the US State Department's human rights report as hypocritical and flawed, highlighting the double standards in US foreign policy and defending South Africa's human rights record.

The report, an annual U.S. government account of human rights conditions in countries around the globe, typically comes out in February or March. A senior State Department official explained that the later release date was due to the transition of power from the Biden administration to the Trump administration.

The State Department released its new, scaled-down version of its annual human rights reports, causing condemnation from advocacy groups