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South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has reached out to billionaire Elon Musk in an effort to ease tensions with the US following criticism over a new land reform law.
Musk, a South Africa-born tech mogul and close adviser to US President Donald Trump, has been vocal in his opposition to the legislation. He recently questioned Ramaphosa on X, asking why South Africa had “openly racist ownership laws.” His comments came after Trump threatened to cut all US funding to the country, alleging that it was confiscating land and “treating certain classes of people very badly.”
In a statement following the call, Ramaphosa’s office said the president “reiterated South Africa’s constitutionally embedded values of respect for the rule of law, justice, fairness, and equality.”
Trump’s Threat to Cut Funding
Tensions escalated after Trump posted on Truth Social on Sunday:
“I will be cutting off all future funding to South Africa until a full investigation of this situation has been completed!”