TOBY SHAPSHAK: Trump handed Cyril Ramaphosa and SA a win
Instead of fighting among ourselves, SA is united in condemnation for Donald Trump’s trash talking
23 May 2025 - 15:02
There was a moment, after US President Donald Trump turned down the lights and ambushed Cyril Ramaphosa with a video, that the SA president smiled and almost giggled.
It was a classic Ramaphosa response to something controversial. We’ve seen him do it in parliament when confronted with state capture and Phala Phala. He seems to make light of it, to defer attention away from it by making a joke...
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