Mayeni Jones
West Africa Correspondent at BBC
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bbc.com | Mayeni Jones |Nobuhle Simelane
Almost 70,000 South Africans reportedly interested in US asylumMayeni Jones & Nobuhle SimelaneAFPSome white South African support President Donald Trump in his criticisms of their countryClose to 70,000 South Africans have expressed interest in moving to the US following Washington's offer to resettle people from the country's Afrikaner community, a business group has said.
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South Africa rejects 'megaphone diplomacy' with USMayeni JonesBBC News Africa correspondent, JohannesburgEPASouth African President Cyril Ramaphosa has previously rejected the US criticism of the new land lawThe South African government has said it will not take part in "counterproductive megaphone diplomacy" following a fresh social media post by US President Donald Trump repeating his claim that Pretoria was confiscating land.
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bbc.com | Khanyisile Ngcobo |Mayeni Jones
Lesotho shocked by Trump's remarks that 'nobody has heard of the country'Khanyisile Ngcobo and Mayeni JonesEPAUS President Donald Trump's comments were applauded by his supportersLesotho's government says it is shocked by US President Donald Trump saying that "nobody has ever heard of" the southern African nation. Trump, addressing the US Congress in his first speech since his return to the Oval Office, made the reference as he listed cuts made to what he said was wasteful expenditure.
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South Africa says it’s too early to impose retaliatory tariffs on the US. President Trump imposed 31% tariffs on South African exports to the US. During a press conference this morning, the SA minister of trade said it would counterproductive to talk about retaliation this soon.
