South African President Cyril Ramaphosa showed why he earned a reputation as a skilled negotiator in his clash with President Donald Trump.

In another busy week, President Donald Trump met at the Oval Office with the South African President Cyril Ramaphosa as Trump was trying to pass a sweeping tax and spending cuts package through Congress.

The BBC's Gary O'Donoghue analyses how the South African president reacted in an extraordinary Oval Office meeting.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa made his name in some of the toughest, highest-profile political negotiations his country has ever faced.

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa will hold crucial talks at the White House with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday in a high-stakes meeting that could improve or deteriorate already frosty relations between the nations.

The Hawks have arrested a man in Germiston, Gauteng, for making threats against President Cyril Ramaphosa. The 28-year-old suspect was nabbed by the Hawks’ Crime Against The State (CATS) unit on Friday.

When the UK’s prime minister Keir Starmer visited the White House in February, he charmed Donald Trump with an invitation from the British King Charles, playing to the president’s notorious vanity. But South Africa doesn’t have quite the same cache of soft power to draw from.

South Africa will prioritise the interests of the African continent in its trade talks with the US, President Cyril Ramaphosa said following a meeting with US President Donald Trump in Washington.