South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa will hold crucial talks at the White House with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday in a high-stakes meeting that could improve or deteriorate already frosty relations between the nations.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt rebuked comments from MSNBC's Yamiche Alcindor regarding claims of an "unsubstantiated" video that was shown Wednesday in the White House to South African leader Cyril Ramaphosa.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa showed why he earned a reputation as a skilled negotiator in his clash with President Donald Trump.

This comes amid media reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s high-powered delegation was offering a workaround to South Africa’s Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) laws to enable Starlink’s entry into the local market.