The timing for SA to want to do this is very bad, if it was last year it wouldnt have been so bad but to announce this after sanctions threat from USA is not in the best interest of SA citizens in my opinion and will harm our already fragile economy.
This might also be the reason why we have been getting intentional power cuts, an excuse for the government to do this, the ANC politicians will obviously make big bucks from this deal but it will harm the citizens because of the timing.
I wonder if this would also possibly start a potential war in the distant future?
It most likely is a set up to hurt relations with the USA.