By U.S. President Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House on Wednesday, raising some of the most contentious issues between the two countries — including Trump’s allegations of a “white genocide.”
South Africa denies that white people are disproportionately targeted by crime, noting that while murder rates are high, the vast majority of victims are black.
Trump has also accused South Africa of seizing land from white farmers and inciting violence against them through “hateful rhetoric and government actions.”
The South African government rejects these claims as inaccurate and argues they overlook the country’s deeply painful history of white colonial domination and apartheid.
Ramaphosa pushed back against Trump’s accusations, aiming to clarify the facts and repair the strained relationship between the two nations — a relationship now at its lowest point since apartheid ended in 1994.
Credit: BBC Africa
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