Politics Nov 26 Trump says he’s barring South Africa from participating in next year’s G20 summit By Josh Boak, Associated Press
World Nov 20 WATCH: Leavitt says South African president ‘running his mouth’ in suggesting U.S. joining G20 talks White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was responding to comments from President Cyril Ramaphosa that the U.S. had “changed its mind” and said his comments were “not appreciated by the president or his team.”… By Associated Press
World Nov 20 U.S. now wants to reverse its boycott and join the G20 summit, South African president says The United States government has indicated that it has had a “change of mind” and wants to participate at the Group of 20 summit in South Africa in a reverse of its boycott, the South African president said Thursday. By Gerald Imray, Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press
World Nov 10 South Africa’s apartheid-era crimes inquiry is delayed over legal objections An inquiry into allegations that South Africa’s Black-led governments interfered with investigations into apartheid-era crimes has been postponed on its first day. By Michelle Gumede, Associated Press
World Jun 13 South Africa’s president visits flood sites with death toll at 78 and expected to climb The head of the provincial government said the rescue effort was “paralyzed” in the first few hours of the floods because of a lack of resources like specialized search and rescue teams, divers and K-9 dog units in one of… By Gerald Imray, Associated Press
May 21 Watch 7:34 Trump confronts South African president in tense Oval Office meeting By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi A stunning scene unfolded in the Oval Office as President Trump met South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. Trump unexpectedly played videos that he says prove his claims that South Africa is committing genocide against white farmers there. The South African… Continue watching
May 21 WATCH: Trump asked about white Afrikaner persecution, plays video for South African president in Oval Office By Hannah Grabenstein Ramaphosa responded that the clips were of small minority parties, not official government policy, and said South Africa is a "multi-party democracy... that allows people to express themselves."… Continue reading
May 21 WATCH: Trump says U.S. takes refugees of ‘persecution or genocide,’ including Afrikaners By Hannah Grabenstein He also repeated false claims that millions of refugees are entering the U.S. from other countries "totally unvetted."… Continue reading
May 21 Fact-checking Trump’s claims of white farmer ‘genocide’ in South Africa By Amy Sherman, PolitiFact White farmers have been murdered in South Africa, but those murders account for such a small percentage of the country's total and do not amount to genocide, experts say. Continue reading
May 21 WATCH: Trump confronts South African president over baseless claim of targeted killings of white farmers By Gerald Imray, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press President Donald Trump used a White House meeting to confront South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, accusing his country of failing to address the killing of white farmers. Continue reading