Trump said South Africa was pursuing what he called "unjust and immoral practices" against the white minority Afrikaner community and by filing a genocide case against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in December 2023.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa appeared to respond to threats from U.S. counterpart Donald Trump by saying in his annual speech to the nation that his country would “not be bullied.”

An historic video of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa launching an attack on Donald Trump has resurfaced, after the U.S. president said he will cut all funding to South Africa.