Kaya 959 Point of View with Phemelo Motene

Ramaphosa fires back at Trump’s executive order

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President Cyril Ramaphosa fired back at US President Donald Trump on Saturday, saying “there is no single group that faces persecution” in South Africa, after Trump signed an executive order to cut financial assistance to the country, citing claims of “race-based discrimination” against Afrikaners. “South Africa is a constitutional democracy. We value all South Africans, black and white. Our laws uphold the rights of all South Africans, and there is no single group that faces persecution or illegal deprivation of their rights as laid out in our Constitution and our Bill of Rights. Phemelo gets analysis on the current diplomatic tensions between SA and the US from Risk Analyst and former diplomat Dr Kingsley Makhubela.
10 Feb 2025 3PM English South Africa Education · Careers

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