South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke to Elon Musk “on issues of misinformation and distortions about South Africa,” the presidency announced on Tuesday.

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has spoken with Elon Musk to discuss “issues of misinformation and distortions about South Africa,” according to a statement shared on Tuesday (Feb. 4). “In the process,

Mr Musk is a close adviser to US President Donald Trump, who on Sunday threatened to cut all future funding to South Africa over allegations that it was confiscating land and "treating certain classes of people very badly". The South Africa-born tech billionaire joined in the criticism asking on X why Ramaphosa had "openly racist ownership laws".

President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke with Elon Musk after the South African-born billionaire joined President Donald Trump in criticizing the country’s new land-expropriation law.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke to Elon Musk on the subject of misinformation about South Africa, the presidency said on Tuesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would suspend aid to the country over its land reform policy.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa responded on Monday to US President Donald Trump’s threat to cut off aid over the alleged mistreatment of White farmers, denying Trump’s claim that authorities were “confiscating land.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a statement that “the South African government has not confiscated any land.”

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday that he looked forward to engaging with U.S. President Donald Trump, after Trump said he would cut off funding for South Africa, citing land confiscations.

Pretoria-born Elon Musk has publicly criticised SA President Cyril Ramaphosa for promoting ‘openly racist’ legislature. The post ‘Openly racist’: Elon Musk ignites controversy with response to Ramaphosa appeared first on SA People.