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The outcome of this fall’s elections in the United States could in many ways represent an inflection point in the arc of U.S.-South Africa bilateral relations. The Biden administration has invested mightily in deepening ties and understanding with South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) government during a period of unprecedented global tensions that have seemingly put Washington and Pretoria on a multimodal collision course. Whether both sides can walk back from the brink of a long-term souring of relations depends as much on the new South African national unity government’s ability to take a less confrontational diplomatic approach to Washington as on the outcome of the U.S. presidential and congressional elections.