Dear Fellow South African, Last week, I undertook a successful working visit to the United States at the invitation of President Donald Trump to strengthen relations between our two countries. The delegation that accompanied me included a diverse range of South Africans, with representatives from Government, business, labour and the sporting fraternity, all united in advancing our country’s interests. South Africa has always regarded the United States as a strong investment and trading partner. Our countries and our economies are…

The Leader of the EFF, Julius Malema, has fired back at US President Donald Trump, telling him that he is not scared of him. Malema said if Trump was not afraid of him, he should have invited him to last week’s White House meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa where he became the topic in absentia. That was when Trump played a video of Malema chanting Kill the Boer and asked why the South African authorities are not arresting him. Malema’s…

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO) said president Cyril Ramaphosa’s visit to the U.S was to sacrifice South African sovereignty and appease the Trump administration. In separate media statements released on Thursday, May 22, both parties accuse Ramaphosa and his delegation of allowing Trump to steer the discussions about his claims of a genocide against white Afrikaner farmers, without countering him with evidenced crime statistics of South Africa. Amongst the figures that accompanied Ramaphosa to the…

The South African President has made an offer of his country’s rare earth minerals to the US during his heated meeting with President Donald Trump on Wednesday in Washington DC. President Cyril Ramaphosa told Trump that his country has the minerals which the US needs to fuel its vast economy, but he did not name the minerals. Ramaphosa was in Washington DC to meet with Trump and his key inner circle in a bid to reset the relationship between the…

South Africa’s political terrain has always had its fair share of critics — some well-meaning, others just bitter and bored. But it is the latter, masquerading as analysts, that have now become the loudest prophets of doom. Chief among them is Moeletsi Mbeki — the permanent pessimist, the serial slanderer, the man who has not met a Black President he would not crucify to satisfy his personal bitterness. Let us not forget: Moeletsi was the same man who cartoonishly predicted…

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s meeting with US President Donald Trump in the White House on 21 May 2025 prompted me to draw international diplomatic parallels in the manner in which the latter treats world leaders, especially in the Oval Office. This meeting reminds me of the infamous 28 February 2025 encounter aimed at fostering a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia in the White House, which was later overshadowed by a heated and embarrassing exchange between Trump, his Vice President JD…

US President Donald Trump has confronted President Cyril Ramaphosa with his claims that there is genocide against white farmers in South Africa.  Adding another layer of wrong information, the US president claimed that white farmers are “executed” after their farms have been violently grabbed without compensation. Unflinching, Trump made the claim more than twice, even after Ramaphosa had explained to him that there is no genocide, but that there are victims of rampant crime in the country, including farmers.  This…

With South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the USA to meet with President Donald Trump and other senior government officials, reports have emerged that there is a plan to appease Pretoria-born billionaire Elon Musk. According to Bloomberg, the plan involves allowing Elon Musk to operate Starlink in South Africa without having to partner with a local BEE company. The news agency claims that this move is aimed at easing tension between Musk, a key power broker in the Trump administration,…

President Donald Trump has long harboured trade and tariff concerns. Almost four decades ago, Trump wrote, “The world is laughing at American politicians as we safeguard ships that are not ours, carrying oil that is not ours, destined for allies who will not support us … We have to make other people pay for our huge deficits.” As Trump returned to the White House, he implemented what he said almost four decades ago, and has imposed tariffs like never before.…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to jet off to the USA next week to meet with President Donald Trump in a bid to iron out a range of issues in the wake of a major diplomatic fallout between the two nations. According to the Presidency, Ramaphosa’s four-day official visit will take place between 19 and 22 May this year. “President Cyril Ramaphosa will embark on a working visit to the United States of America from 19 – 22…