South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke to Elon Musk “on issues of misinformation and distortions about South Africa,” the presidency announced on Tuesday.

In a statement on Monday, February 3, Ramaphosa reaffirmed that South Africa remains committed to justice, equality, and the rule of law. “South Africa is a constitutional democracy that is deeply rooted in the rule of law,

President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke with Elon Musk after the South African-born billionaire joined in criticising the country’s new land expropriation law.

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".

Andrew McCabe, the former acting director of the FBI, said the agency is in “utter disarray” amid an apparent purge of law enforcement agents, officials and other employees who worked on probes into President Trump. McCabe joined CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Monday to discuss the state of play at the FBI, which has seen dozens…

President Cyril Ramaphosa reiterated South Africa’s constitutionally embedded values of the respect for the rule of law, justice, fairness and equality, when he spoke with Elon Musk on Monday. The Presidency said on the X platform,

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has defended his government’s land policy, stating that it serves the interests of its citizens

The billionaire had publicly accused his post-apartheid government of anti-white racism, and now Musk's ally, U.S. President Donald Trump, said he would cut more than $400 million in funding to the country.