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The hillside memorial which sparked misinformation about South Africa’s farm killings - The South African government and experts who have studied farm killings have publicly denounced misinformation
The white crosses are staked in the ground on an otherwise barren hillside on the edge of a farm, each one standing as a reminder of a terrible story of a person being killed. But the crosses, nearly 3,
Cyril Ramaphosa has said he will meet Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G7 summit next week, less than a month after the South African president was ambushed in the Oval Office.
President Trump asked an aide to dim the lights of the Oval Office, and then, with a line of reporters in the room, proceeded to ambush the leader of South Africa. President Cyril Ramaphosa and his delegation watched in stunned silence at footage that Trump believed supported his claims that Ramaphosa’s government was turning a blind eye to violence against white Afrikaners.
Trump sharply criticized South African authorities over claims of a "genocide" targeting the country's minority white farmers.
Donald Trump treats Africa with obvious disdain. It is important that Africa develops a common position and becomes more assertive towards the Trump administration, says the writer.
South Africa's rand, stocks and government bonds traded lower on Friday, snapping weeks of gains as Israeli military strikes on Iran drove investors away from riskier assets and toward safe havens, analysts said.
Nearly 3,000 white crosses on a hill in South Africa are a memorial to white people killed on farms over the last three decades