Trump Offers South African Farmers Expedited Citizenship
The United States will immediately start offering a rapid pathway to citizenship for South African farmers, President Trump said in a social media post on Friday, falsely claiming that South…
South Africa’s Play to Ease Tensions With Trump: A New Trade Deal
South Africa is preparing a new trade offer to present to President Trump, hoping to appeal to his transactional approach to foreign policy and ease boiling tensions with Washington, a…
China Defends South Africa’s G20 Ambitions as Rubio Snubs Meeting
China’s foreign minister on Thursday defended South Africa’s effort to promote solidarity, equality and sustainability at Group of 20 gatherings this year, even as Secretary of State Marco Rubio boycotted…
Bessent to Skip G20 Finance Ministers Meeting in South Africa
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will skip a meeting of finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 nations in Cape Town next week, according to people familiar with…
Some Afrikaners Cheer as Trump Amplifies Claims of Persecution
For decades, some members of the white Afrikaner minority have been trying to convince anyone and everyone who would listen that they are the true victims in post-apartheid South Africa.…
Trump Orders Halt to Aid to South Africa, Claiming Mistreatment of White Landowners
President Trump on Friday ordered that all foreign assistance to South Africa be halted and said his administration would prioritize the resettling of white, “Afrikaner refugees” into the United States…