South Africa’s finance chief said the government made progress on resetting its relationship with the US and securing a trade deal in talks that took place after President Cyril Ramaphosa’s showdown with Donald Trump at the White House.

During talks with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Washington on May 21, 2025, Donald Trump screened a video meant to support unfounded claims of the "persecution" of white farmers. This included aerial footage showing white crosses lining a road filled with a convoy of vehicles.

U.S. President Donald Trump showed a screenshot of Reuters video taken in the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of what he falsely presented on Wednesday as evidence of mass killings of white South Africans.

South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters party defended its inflammatory leader against President Donald Trump’s criticisms over calls for violence against white people, taking it as a sign of pride.

One of South Africa’s most esteemed newspapers bashed President Donald Trump on Wednesday for blindsiding the country’s leader during the duo’s Oval Office meeting. “U.S. president Donald Trump blindsided his counterpart President Cyril Ramaphosa during their meeting in the White House’s Oval Office by playing a montage of video clips of EFF leader Julius Malema singing about killing white people,