European Union leaders announced a 4.7 billion euro ($5.10 billion) investment package during a visit to South Africa on Thursday, at a time when both are on worse terms with the United States than they have been for decades.

European Union leaders have announced a 4.7 billion euro ($5.1 billion) investment package in South Africa to support green energy transition and vaccine production at their first bilateral summit in seven years.

The EU and South Africa are forging stronger ties as they both grapple with aid and trade threats from the Trump administration in the United States.

The EU-South Africa summit came at a time of "global uncertainty ... characterised by rising unilateralism, economic nationalism", South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said in opening remarks that referenced a huge global shake-up since US leader Donald Trump took office.

The eighth EU-South Africa summit will be held in Cape Town this week, with both sides seeking strategic and reliable partners in the wake of hostilities by the United States.

European Union leaders on Thursday announced a €4.7 billion ($5.10 billion) investment package during a visit to South Africa. This comes at a time when

The European Union and South Africa held their first summit since 2018 in Cape Town. The EU plans to mobilize 4.7 billion ($5.1 billion) for investment in South Africa that will include money for green energy as well as for the manufacture of vaccines in the country.