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Politics
Al Jazeera Staff

South Africa’s Ramaphosa to visit Trump: Can they fix tricky relations?

White South Africans demonstrate in support of US President Donald Trump in front of the US embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, on Saturday, February 15, 2025 [Jerome Delay/AP]

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa will begin a state visit to the United States on Monday in what his government describes as an attempt to “reset” the relationship between the two countries, which many experts say has become the frostiest in decades.

The visit comes just days after the US welcomed a group of 59 white South African “refugees” who President Donald Trump claims are being persecuted in South Africa because of their race, and are facing a “genocide”. They flew to the US on a special relocation plan and will be allowed to settle there.

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