Mr Musk is a close adviser to US President Donald Trump, who on Sunday threatened to cut all future funding to South Africa over allegations that it was confiscating land and "treating certain classes of people very badly". The South Africa-born tech billionaire joined in the criticism asking on X why Ramaphosa had "openly racist ownership laws".

Briefly News takes a look at a history of Donald Trump's interactions with the South African government and the economy. Experts, including an economist, weighed in.

The National Transportation Safety Board is examining "bad data" the crew of an Army Black Hawk helicopter may have relied upon prior to its deadly crash with a passenger jet outside Washington D.C. late last month, an official said.