S/African president to meet Trump next week over rising tensions

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will meet US counterpart Donald Trump in Washington next week at a time of strained ties between the two countries, Pretoria said in a statement released late on Wednesday.Tensions have been rising for months over a range of policy issues, culminating this week in the United States resettling a first group of white Afrikaners that Trump claims are facing “persecution” in South Africa.“On Wednesday, 21 May 2025, President Ramaphosa will m