Trump and his allies have targeted South Africa, promoting the false narrative that white people are being mistreated by the nation’s post-apartheid government.

The SA government is committed to finding diplomatic solutions to any misunderstandings arising from the Expropriation Act.

Though the name of Donald Trump went unmentioned, everyone knew who Ramaphosa was talking about. A few days earlier, the US president had written on his Truth Social platform that South Africa was “confiscating land and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY”.

South Africa relationship needs a rethink. But the Trump administration’s approach is only making a bad situation worse.