United States President Donald Trump accused his South African President over lies about ‘white Persecution’ counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, of genocide in a heated May 21, 2025 Oval Office meeting, pushing already-strained diplomatic relations to the brink.
The meeting, meant to help mend fractious relations, instead took a turn when Trump started showing videos and articles about white South African farmers being killed as part of a systemic campaign of violence. One video included the contentious song “Dubul’ ibhunu,” which Trump believed was an incitement to hostility toward whites. He also published pictures which he claimed depicted mass graves of white farmers, but these were proven to be unconnected footage from the Congo.
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The accusations were denied by South African President Ramaphosa who said that, although crime is a major problem in the country, it does not just affect his people but the nation as a whole. He emphasised that the South African government never advocates for any form of racism or racial persecution and that Black land reform programs are carried out in a constitutional manner to redress historical imbalances.
