“Ramaphosa is walking into a buzzsaw in the Oval Office,” said Cameron Hudson, former director for African affairs on the National Security Council during the George W. Bush administration. Hudson said he expected the visit to be an “unmitigated disaster.”

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is slated to meet with President Trump at the White House on Wednesday in an attempt to salvage the fraught relationship between the two countries. Ramaphosa pushed for the meeting amid growing tensions with the Trump administration,

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa will hold crucial talks at the White House with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday in a high-stakes meeting that could improve or deteriorate already frosty relations between the nations.

President Cyril Ramaphosa called the white South Africans “cowardly” for leaving for the United States. President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa said the white South Africans who left for the United States after being granted refugee status by President Trump were “cowardly,” as tensions mount between the two countries.

This opinion piece challenges the claim of 142 race-based laws in South Africa, exploring the historical context of privilege and the ongoing need for redress.