South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to join him on Wednesday in the Oval Office with Donald Trump as he attempted to reset the U.S. allegations with the United States amid Trump allegations, believing it was inciting white “genocide”.
Ramaphosa's appeal for Trump's golf, which may include potential inclusion of ELS and is reported by local South African media, is part of his efforts to avoid public efforts to Trump's efforts to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in February.
The United States cuts aid to South Africa and welcomes a plane as a refugee, claiming they are victims of racial discrimination. South African officials and businessmen are also worried that Congress will not renew the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) when it expires in September, ultimately accessing goods including citrus fruits, nuts and cars without tariffs.
"Trade relations are the most important, and that's what brought us here. We want to come out with a very good trade deal."
“In fact, Ernie Els is the past month, and in the past month, Trump has agreed to the meeting,” said Johannrupert, a billionaire owning Brand Cartier, who will also be on the trip.
Rupert has known Trump since 1996 and plays golf with the U.S. President and the ELS. Rupert, considered the wealthiest person in South Africa, told South Africa News 24 that he and Els visited Trump at his Mar-A-Lago estate in March 2024, asking him to keep Aogoa.
Far from being victims of a genocide, as in the telling of Trump, the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, the South African-born billionaire Elon Musk, Rupert, Els and Goosen are examples of successful white Afrikaners, a minority descended from mainly Dutch colonists who ruled South Africa during its decades of apartheid, legally mandated racial segregation and discrimination in favour of white people.
South Africa will provide Musk with a deal to bring his interstellar link internet service to the country, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. Musk violated the affirmative action law and asked him to give up 30% of his stake to non-white investors. Ramaphosa did not comment when South African journalists asked for any discussion with Musk.
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Ramaphosa's spokesman Vincent Magwenya did not answer questions about the delegation meeting with Trump or Rupert and Els' roles.