US EditionSouth Africa’s Ramaphosa Heads to US to Ease Tensions With Trump
- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on May 21, shortly after the United States accepted a group of 59 white South Africans seeking refuge amid claims of persecution.
- The refugee resettlement begins a larger Trump administration plan responding to allegations that white Afrikaner farmers face race-based persecution, which South Africa denies, calling these claims misinformation.
- Trump criticizes South Africa's Black-led government for anti-white laws, violent crime affecting farmers, and a foreign policy hostile to U.S. allies, while South Africa calls the farmer killings non-racial and part of broader violence.
- Trump issued a February 7 executive order cutting U.S. funding to South Africa and threatening institutions over diversity programs, citing South Africa's land expropriation policies and its accusation of Israel genocide as examples.
- Ramaphosa's visit seeks to rebuild and strengthen diplomatic ties between the two countries amid ongoing tensions and a deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza caused by recent Israeli military measures.
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South African Catholic leaders refute U.S. claims of white genocide
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Catholic leaders in South Africa have blasted the Trump administration over claims of an ongoing genocide against white South Africans. U.S. President Donald Trump recently claimed that “genocide” was taking place in South Africa. He said white farmers were being “brutally killed” and their “land is being confiscated.” Trump’s claim is apparently based on the fact that in January, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed a bill inten…
'There will never be an exodus of white Afrikaner farmers,' says South Africa FM
South Africa's foreign minister Ronald Lamola speaks to FRANCE 24 ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa's visit to the White House in a bid to reset ties between Pretoria and Washington after the US welcomed dozens of white South Africans as refugees. Lamola denies US allegations that a "genocide" is being committed against Afrikaners. "There will never be an exodus of white Afrikaner farmers on the basis of a genocide," he says.
South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa to meet Donald Trump in US
The NewsSouth African President Cyril Ramaphosa will hold talks with his US counterpart Donald Trump during a trip to Washington next week which comes amid rising tensions between Pretoria and Washington. Ramaphosa’s office said the pair will meet on May 21 “to reset the strategic relationship between the two countries.”The White House this week banned all US government agencies from working on this year’s G20 summit, to be hosted by South Afric…
EFF calls Ramaphosa’s planned visit to Donald Trump 'submission'
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has criticised President Cyril Ramaphosa’s upcoming visit to the United States describing it as “a submission” to a hostile foreign agenda. In a statement released on Thursday, the EFF called the purpose and timing of the visit, “an attempt by Donald Trump to undermine South Africa and dictate the form and pace of our transformation initiatives.” The EFF condemned Trump’s remarks from 12 May 2025, where he rep…
The Independent
The Independent (US)Trump to meet with South African president after claims of ‘genocide’ of Afrikaners
Experts and data dismiss notion of a genocide against white farmers in South Africa
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