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May 23, 2025 at 10:48 am

South Africa police minister says Trump ‘twisted’ facts to push baseless genocide claims

South Africa's top law enforcement official says U.S. President Donald Trump wrongly claimed that a video he showed in the Oval Office was of burial...

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President Donald Trump meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) DCEV218 DCEV218 (Evan Vucci / The Associated Press)

May 21, 2025 at 6:05 pm

‘Into the mouth of Trump hell’? South African president says White House meeting wasn’t so dramatic

The sentiment in South Africa ahead of its leader’s meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House was one of trepidation.

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May 21, 2025 at 9:27 am

Trump confronts South African leader with baseless claims of the systematic killing of white farmers WATCH

President Donald Trump has used a White House meeting to confront South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with baseless claims of the systematic killing of white...

May 20, 2025 at 9:09 pm

South Africa’s leader aims to salvage relationship with Trump in White House visit VIEW

U.S. President Donald Trump will host South Africa’s leader at the White House for a meeting that might be tense.

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May 15, 2025 at 12:40 pm

Trump’s stance against South Africa is not just about white farmers. It’s also about Hamas and Iran

U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim this week that there is an unreported “genocide” happening against white farmers in South Africa was his harshest accusation yet...

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FILE – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the opening session of the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay,File) CARV302 CARV302

May 14, 2025 at 4:37 pm

South African leader and Trump will meet next week after US took in white South Africans as refugees

President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa are scheduled to hold talks at the White House next week.

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May 14, 2025 at 1:15 pm

This flat-bodied South African gecko was a ‘lost’ species. It’s been found again after 34 years

Researchers who were dropped off by helicopter in a largely inaccessible and remote canyon in South Africa say they have discovered a type of gecko...

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Afrikaner refugees from South Africa arrive, Monday, May 12, 2025, at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) VAPU511 VAPU511

May 12, 2025 at 12:46 pm

Trump just brought a group of white South Africans to the US as refugees. What are they escaping? WATCH

The Trump administration has brought a small group of white South Africans to the United States as refugees in what it says is the start...

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May 11, 2025 at 3:11 pm

First group of 49 white South Africans leaves for the US after Trump offered them refugee status

A group of 49 white South Africans has departed for the United States on a private charter plane having been offered refugee status by the...

May 10, 2025 at 10:03 am

Trump is bringing white South Africans to the US as refugees, but what persecution are they facing? VIEW

The Trump administration is bringing a small number of white South Africans to the United States as refugees next week in what it says is...

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