A local representative of an area shown in a video played at the White House said she was "sad" that U.S. President Donald Trump used the footage of hundreds of white crosses as false evidence of mass killings of white South African farmers.

South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters hit back at Donald Trump after he criticized their leader in front of the nation's president at an Oval Office meeting.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's meeting with Donald Trump marked a minor distraction from the internal challenges facing South Africa's coalition government. Political unity is crucial to sustaining economic reform and addressing growing debt,

The South African president calmly challenged claims that minority Afrikaners were the targets of a "white genocide". The once fringe theory has been exponentially amplified by Trump and Elon Musk.

JOHANNESBURG - The two biggest parties in the Government of National Unity (GNU), the African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA), say they have finally found consensus on their budget differences.

South Africa's president has faced tough challenges before - he was the chief negotiator for Nelson Mandela's African National Congress (ANC) during talks to end white-minority rule in the early 1990s - but his forthcoming meeting in the White House will require all his charm.