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May 22, 2025

Daily News Brief
Ramaphosa’s White House Visit

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U.S. President Donald Trump shows alleged news reports as he meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 21, 2025.

May 21, 2025

South Africa
The Tensions Behind the Trump-Ramaphosa White House Meeting

Will the U.S. and South Africa recover relations from the brink?

U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to the White House in Washington, D.C. on May 21, 2025.

May 27, 2025

South Africa
The United States and South Africa, With Reuben Brigety

Reuben Brigety, President of Busara Advisors and U.S. Ambassador to South Africa from 2022 to 2025, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss relations between Washington and Pretoria in the wake of…

Podcast U.S. President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa sit next to each other in the Oval Office below portraits of U.S. founding fathers.

May 13, 2025

Daily News Brief
Trump’s Trip to the Gulf

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman attend a bilateral meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025.

September 24, 2018

South Africa
A Conversation With Cyril Ramaphosa

ALTMAN: Good afternoon everyone. Welcome to the Council and welcome to the David Rockefeller Lecture and in particular to some members of Mr. Rockefeller’s family who are with us today. Welcome es…

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May 30, 2025

South Africa
The President’s Inbox Recap: The United States and South Africa

President Trump has ended an idealistic cooperation with South Africa that obscured rising foreign policy tensions between Washington and Pretoria.  

President Donald Trump with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office on May 21, 2025.

December 19, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Cyril Ramaphosa: the Man of the Hour

At the African National Congress party convention in South Africa on December 18, Cyril Ramaphosa became deputy party leader with 3,018 votes. Jacob Zuma, the party leader (and current president of S…

Ramaphosa celebrates his election as party Deputy President at the National Conference of the ruling African National Congress in Bloemfontein 18/12/2012.

May 22, 2025

South Africa
Trump’s Confrontation of South Africa’s President Derails Effort to Cool Tensions

Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies and former ambassador Michelle Gavin breaks down the tense U.S.-South Africa meeting at the White House. 

U.S. President Donald Trump holds up papers and shows alleged news reports as he sits next to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House.