The onset of white genocide in South Africa: a warning to South Africa against the defection of Cyril Ramaphosa

Ernest told NPR that if Trump can’t find common ground with Ramaphosa, then we should stick to our guns.

Asked if he’s concerned Ramaphosa could be given the same treatment as Zelenskky, Ralo said “I hope it doesn’t happen and I know that Ramaphposa is a great strategist and he’s got backbone. I believe he will earn Trump’s respect.”

“Absolutely no white genocide is happening,” said 36-year-old white South African Jovana Korac. She said the world is horrified by what’s happening in America.

The upcoming Washington meeting has been dominating South African media, with local newspaper The Sunday Times running a headline over the weekend reading “Into the Mouth of Trump Hell.” The sketch was created by Zapiro, and it showed Ramaphosa going into the “White Supremacy House”.

Many South Africans will be watching today’s meeting anxiously, especially after Trump’s televised hostility towards Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskky in the Oval Office earlier this year made headlines around the world.

Meanwhile, Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen, who is white and is part of the South African delegation, said he would be focusing on “securing trade relations…Preferential trade agreements…contribute significantly to our economy. Losing these benefits would be disastrous.”

Today, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to meet Trump at the White House in an attempt to reset relations between the two countries. South Africa was cut aid and the ambassador expelled by the Trump administration. The US administration has criticized the South African government for its treatment of white Afrikaner farmers, and the American side has tried to fix it.

The Trump Administration’s Griefs with South Africa: “The Only Country where the Colonizers Came to Stay” Reply to Rubio

On Tuesday, in an appearance in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio was grilled by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., on why Afrikaners had been granted refugee status when Afghans, Uyghurs and others were still banned from entering the U.S.

Both Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have accused the government of doing “terrible things” and expropriating white-owned land without compensation — something that has not happened.

“We’re the only country on the continent where the colonizers came to stay and we have never driven them out of our country,” he pointed out, after Trump repeated a right-wing conspiracy theory that there is a “genocide” of whites happening in South Africa.

Afrikaners left for the U.S. because they didn’t like living under Black majority rule.

However, Ramaphosa wasn’t able to hide his frustration after 59 white Afrikaans South Africans who were granted refugee status by the Trump administration arrived in the U.S. last week.

The president of South Africa is going to meet the president of the United States at the White House today in a bid to reset relations between the countries.

To no avail. The list of the Trump administration’s grievances with South Africa are any diplomat’s nightmare. Trump cut aid to the country in February, his top officials have snubbed G20 events South Africa is hosting this year and the U.S. expelled South Africa’s ambassador. Israel has been brought to the International Court of Justice in the Netherlands by a Palestinian ally over its war in Gaza.

The US and South Africa try to correct each other about the persecution of white Afrikaner farmers, but the US always says that is false.

The Up First Newsletter: Why China is Dominated in Liquified Batteries and Why the U.S. is Divided over Trump’s Tax Bill

China led the way in their mass production of liquified batteries as part of its push for electric vehicles. The country that dominates the EV batteries will be decided by a competition. Here’s why this competition is becoming more complicated:

A new NPR analysis has found that the Department of Government Efficiency has tried to cut at least 40 agencies and groups in recent weeks. The analysis found that DOGE has targeted contracts and spending based on policy disagreements, rather than solely on waste, fraud, or abuse.

President Trump met with House Republicans at the Capitol yesterday, urging them to get behind his massive tax and immigration bill or risk a tax increase. The bill has roughly $1.5 trillion in spending cuts, with a large portion of those coming from changes to Medicaid.

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Source: South African president visits the U.S. And, GOP divided over Trump’s tax bill

What you eat before bed and how you sleep: science-backed dos and don’ts from the Life Kit on Sleep, Fat and Alcohol

How well you sleep at night is affected by what you eat before bed. The impact of diet, caffeine and alcohol on sleep health is discussed by researchers. Here are their science-backed dos and don’ts:

This is an episode of NPR’s Life Kit, where you can find some information on eating habits that can help you sleep better at night. The Life Kit newsletter has expert advice on love, money, relationships and more.