Ramaphosa talks to Elon Musk over Trump tirade
Discussions covered ‘issues of misinformation and distortions’, presidency says in post on X
04 February 2025 - 17:03
UPDATED 05 February 2025 - 08:09
President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke to Elon Musk, the SA-born billionaire and close aide of Donald Trump, over the US president’s remarks about land expropriation in SA and his threat to cancel funding to the country.
A social media post by Trump on Sunday that he would be “cutting off all future funding to SA until a full investigation” was based on false reports that land grabs (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2025-02-04-no-ones-land-will-be-confiscated-assures-dean-macpherson/) were under way and led the rand plunging in value on Monday...
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