Are we the butt of the joke?
Trump’s Oval Office ambush puts South Africa back in the spotlight — but can Ramaphosa deliver back home?
29 May 2025 - 05:00
Oh, how the memes have flowed from the sight of 50-odd sharply dressed refugees and their chattel calmly boarding a flight to the Home of the Brave. No leaky boats for them, no drowning in the Mediterranean, no crowded migrant camps in Calais where hope goes to die.
Next up: Donald Trump ambushing another head of state in the Oval Office, doing something he excels at — playing a president on TV. ..
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