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The Latest Breaking News from Cyril Ramaphosa

White genocide, white guilt and Trump

Trump's racist assault on South Africa's president was shockingly clumsy — because the truth doesn't even matter

Salon

S.Africa Moves To Ease Black Empowerment Law Under Starlink Pressure

South Africa's government is moving towards easing its black ownership laws in the telecoms sector -- a policy change that would smooth the way for Elon Musk's Starlink to enter the local market.

International Business Times

First Thing: Trump administration revokes Harvard’s ability to enroll international students

Move is most severe escalation yet in weeks-long dispute. Plus, Trump seeks to end basic rights for child immigrants in custody

The Guardian - UK

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S.Africa Minister Rejects 'Genocide' Claim With Statistics

South Africa does not face a "white genocide" and claims that most victims of murders on farms are white are a distortion of statistics, the police minister said Friday, dismissing statements by US President Donald Trump.

International Business Times

Trump’s ambush of South Africa’s president shows how low the US has fallen

Instead of embarrassing Cyril Ramaphosa, the US president’s ‘gotcha’ moment illuminates the fact-free reality show that is Trump’s America

The Guardian - US

Praise and dismay in South Africa over president’s meeting with Trump

Ramaphosa hailed for keeping his cool in the Oval Office, but some questioned why he would walk into an ambush

The Guardian - UK

Trump’s evidence of South Africa ‘white genocide’ contains images from Democratic Republic of Congo

Other images displayed by Trump during meeting with South African president Cyril Ramaphosa were false or misleading

The Guardian - AU

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Trump’s new approach to foreign diplomacy: Oval Office smackdowns

President has taken to berating foreign leaders and reporters at length, foregoing traditional press conferences

The Independent UK

White House Defends Pushing 'Unsubstantiated' Video to Support South African 'Genocide' Claims

The White House defended the use of a misleading video in order to support claims that white South Africans are being oppressed and murdered in the country.

Latin Times

The Guardian view on the US and South Africa: Trump looks to his base and partners look elsewhere

Editorial: The president’s cynical ambush of Cyril Ramaphosa was not about American interests but racial grievances

The Guardian - UK

South Africa, US to discuss critical minerals despite tough Trump meeting

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said that South Africa has up to nine critical minerals that the United States needs, and he hopes to advance discussions on bilateral trade deals with Donald Trump in Washington.

Radio France Internationale

Trump Showed South Africa's President Video of a 'Burial Site' as Proof of 'Genocide.' It Was From a Protest Years Ago

Donald Trump confronted South Africa's president with misleading video from protest footage from 2020 as evidence on ongoing "genocide," despite debunked claims.

International Business Times

Trump’s Ramaphosa ‘ambush’: Key takeaways from heated White House meeting

Trump showed videos of South Africans singing ‘Kill the Boer,’ alleging genocide against white Afrikaners.

Al Jazeera

Fact check: Do Trump’s ‘white genocide’ claims to Ramaphosa hold up?

US president claims white South African farmers face systematic killings, echoing debunked white genocide narratives.

Al Jazeera

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Salon

Forget Biden, focus on Trump

Trump's problems today are more important than Biden's problems yesterday

International Business Times

Els And Goosen: Golfers Dragged Into Trump's Ambush Of S.Africa Leader

Former world number one golfer, Ernie Els, declared himself a "proud South African" as he was dragged into the ambush of his country's leader Cyril Ramaphosa by US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

The Independent UK

Trump uses photos from wrong country as evidence of ‘white genocide’ in South Africa

Trump appeared to mistake an article about violence in the DRC for the ‘burial sites of white farmers’ in South Africa

We Got This Covered

‘It’s literally an SNL skit’: Trump gives South Africa the ‘full Zelenskyy treatment’ in oval office disaster filled with false claims

This time Trump brought props.

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The Guardian - US

Mahmoud Khalid allowed to hold newborn son for first time – as it happened

Detained Palestinian activist allowed contact after federal judge blocks Trump administration from separating. This blog is now closed.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Two Israeli embassy employees shot dead near Washington DC Jewish museum

Police say suspect, named as Elias Rodriguez of Chicago, is in custody. Plus, Trump hectors South African president with false claims of ‘white genocide’

We Got This Covered

‘He’s about to blow’: Donald Trump’s fragile facade crumbles before South African President as guilt sends him into defensive spiral

Seems like this $400 million jet bribe is quite the sore point.

We Got This Covered

‘Always grifting’: Donald Trump humiliated after using photo from wrong country in South African ‘genocide’ claim

A swing and a miss, Mr. President!

The Independent UK

Voices: I never thought I’d want to join the Cyril Ramaphosa fan club – until I saw him take on Trump

COMMENT: There were two heads of state in the Oval Office, writes Simon Walters – but only one statesman

The Independent UK

Trump falsely says South Africans fleeing ‘white genocide’ to Australia in chaotic meeting with Ramaphosa

South Africa doesn’t rank in top 10 countries of origin for humanitarian entrants to Australia

The Guardian - US

Trump news at a glance: Ramaphosa keeps his cool in Trump’s ‘orchestrated show for the cameras’

The South African president insists the meeting went ‘very well’ despite Trump publicly berating him. Key US politics stories from Wednesday 21 May 2025

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