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South African Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola
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Ramaphosa defuses Trump’s ‘white genocide’ ambush

A tense meeting between South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and former US President Donald Trump nearly collapsed over claims of a so-called white...

Delegates from SADC member states pose for a group photo after the Joint Committee meeting on Environment, Natural Resources, and Tourism held in Harare, Zimbabwe.
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SADC ministers meet in Harare over environment, tourism

HARARE – Regional ministers tasked with overseeing environment, natural resources, and tourism gathered in Harare on Tuesday to review pressing sectoral challenges and...

US President Donald Trump showed a sheaf of documents that he said was evidence of a 'genocide' against white farmers in South Africa (Jim WATSON)
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Trump shows wrong image in ‘white genocide’ rant to Ramaphosa

WASHINGTON, USA — US President Donald Trump, during a high-profile Oval Office meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, waved around a stack...

White crosses lining a road in Normandien in 2020. Picture: X/@ConCaracal
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Truth behind white cross video Trump used on Ramaphosa

Mbabane – A video used by former US President Donald Trump to paint South Africa as unsafe for white farmers has drawn criticism...

Participants at the SADC Regional Workshop on Mobile Phone Data for Statistics and Policy held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 19–22 May 2025.
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SADC backs mobile phone data for policymaking

Southern African Development Community (SADC) Member States have thrown their weight behind the use of mobile phone data (MPD) to strengthen official statistics...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks as he meets with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 21. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
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Ramaphosa defends land policy against Trump

WASHINGTON — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa defended his country’s land expropriation policy during a tense meeting with US President Donald Trump at...

Retief Goosen, center, speaks during a meeting between President Donald Trump and Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa's president in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, May 21. Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg/Getty Images
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Goosen raises safety fears for SA farmers at White House meeting

WASHINGTON DC – South African golfer Retief Goosen has described the dangers faced by farmers in his country during a meeting with US...

A video is played as South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, right, looks on during a meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 21. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images
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Malema dismisses Ramaphosa-Trump White genocide meeting as ‘gossip’

JOHANNESBURG – EFF leader Julius Malema has dismissed the Oval Office meeting between South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and U.S. President Donald Trump...