Ramaphosa, Trump and South Africa
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In another busy week, President Donald Trump met at the Oval Office with the South African President Cyril Ramaphosa as Trump was trying to pass a sweeping tax and spending cuts package through Congress.
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Briefly on MSNMan Arrested for Making Threats to Cyril Ramaphosa, Cape Town Mayor and Business OwnerThe South African Police Service arrested a man from Germiston, Ekurhuleni, after he issued threats against President Cyril Ramaphosa and Geordin Hill-Lewis.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa showed why he earned a reputation as a skilled negotiator in his clash with President Donald Trump.
One moment the conversation was all about golf, then a reporter asked a question about genocide in South Africa.
Trump misidentified images of Congolese victims of fighting in the DRC with murdered South African farmers during a meeting with Ramaphosa.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa made his name in some of the toughest, highest-profile political negotiations his country has ever faced.
When the UK’s prime minister Keir Starmer visited the White House in February, he charmed Donald Trump with an invitation from the British King Charles, playing to the president’s notorious vanity. But South Africa doesn’t have quite the same cache of soft power to draw from.
South Africa will prioritise the interests of the African continent in its trade talks with the US, President Cyril Ramaphosa said following a meeting with US President Donald Trump in Washington.