By Thapelo Molefe
President Cyril Ramaphosa has dismissed the United States’ accusations against South Africa as “baseless and false,” warning that a deliberate campaign of disinformation is threatening the country’s national interests.
Diplomatic tensions between Pretoria and Washington escalated sharply following the G20 Leaders’ Summit.
In his address to the nation on Sunday night, Ramaphosa directly rebutted US President Donald Trump’s claims that South Africa is committing “genocide against Afrikaners” and seizing land from white citizens, calling the allegations “blatant misinformation.”
“It is regrettable that the United States… chose not to participate in the G20 Leaders’ Summit,” Ramaphosa said.
“It is even more unfortunate that the reasons the US gave for its non-participation were based on baseless and false allegations that South Africa is perpetrating genocide against Afrikaners and the confiscation of land from white people.”
He made it clear that South Africa is a constitutional democracy with an independent
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