Trump confronts Cyril Ramaphosa with allegations of mass killings of white South Africans


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South African president Cyril Ramaphosa and US president Donald Trump in the Oval Office. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA US president Donald Trump confronted South African president Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House on Wednesday with allegations of mass killings and land seizures from white people, in a scene reminiscent of his February ambush of Ukraine‘s Volodymyr Zelenskiy. South Africa rejects the allegation that white people are disproportionately targeted by crime. Murder rates are high in the country, but the overwhelming majority of victims are black. Mr Ramaphosa arrived saying he wanted to discuss trade and critical minerals, and the meeting...