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Al Jazeera
Politics
Qaanitah Hunter

Can Ramaphosa charm offensive help fix South Africa’s ties with Trump’s US?

US President Donald Trump, right, meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House in Washington, DC [Kevin Lamarque/Reuters]

Johannesburg, South Africa – When the millionaire mining magnate-turned-president of South Africa landed in Washington to meet the billionaire real estate tycoon-turned-president of the United States, it was with a deal in mind.

Tensions have been escalating between the US and its African trade ally since Donald Trump took office this year, cut off aid to South Africa, repeated false accusations that a “white genocide” is taking place there and began welcoming Afrikaners as refugees.

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