The President of South Africa on Finding That ‘Mandela Magic’ to Fix the Country. 10 minute read. By Aryn Baker. May 2, 2019 5:52 AM EDT.

(CNN) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke to Elon Musk “on issues of misinformation and distortions about South Africa,” the presidency announced on Tuesday.

South Africa is a fairly new democracy, and this was a huge post-apartheid test of whether big, powerful men like former President Jacob Zuma could be held to account.

South Africa has been a focus of President Trump’s criticism in his second term. Mr. Trump has made debunked claims that white farmers in South Africa are being killed in a genocide.On May 12 ...

South Africa is in the driving seat of the rotating G20 Presidency from 1 December 2024 to 30 November 2025. The Group of Twenty (G20) is an international forum for economic cooperation that ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday that the claim that white people are being persecuted in his country is a “completely false narrative.” It was ...

Why South Africa’s president could be walking into an Oval Office ‘buzzsaw’ Cyril Ramaphosa wants to talk trade. But President Trump remains fixated on his country’s racial politics.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The Trump administration’s decision to expel the South African ambassador is its latest move against a country it has singled out for sanctions and accused of being ...

Trump ambushes South Africa's president with false claims of 'white genocide' Updated May 21, 2025 12:22 PM ET Originally published May 21, 2025 2:28 AM ET. Heard on Morning Edition. By .

We looked at how far South Africa has come in meeting its goals after 30 years of ... but not economic freedom — and remain trapped in the structure of apartheid. ... Presidents have changed, ...