In a live address, Ramaphosa attributed the Trump administration’s G20 boycott and aid cuts to false narratives pushed by groups at home and abroad, including exaggerated farm murder claims and misrepresentations of the 2024 Expropriation Act. The new law, which he signed in January, updates apartheid-era rules to allow limited no-compensation cases for public interest like land reform, always under court oversight. He reaffirmed South Africa’s democratic strengths, from its Bill of Rights to Mandela’s legacy of dialogue, while inviting critics to a national conversation and pledging friendship with Americans amid calls for respectful engagement.
