Ramaphosa, Trump to meet on Wednesday to reset relationship

By Staff Reporter

The Presidency has confirmed that President Cyril Ramaphosa will meet US President Donald Trump next week.

“The president’s visit to the US provides a platform to reset the strategic relationship between the two countries,” it said in a short statement.

Earlier this week Trump announced the meeting. It comes amid growing tensions over Trump’s claims of violence against white farmers in the country and his administration welcoming Afrikaners as refugees.

“Because they’re being killed, and we don’t want to see people be killed,” Trump said during a press conference when asked why his administration is offering expedited refugee status to Afrikaners while continuing to restrict admissions from war-torn countries like Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

“It’s a terrible thing that’s taking place. And farmers are being killed. They happen to be white. But whether they’re white or black makes no difference to me… their land