South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa defended laws aimed at uplifting the country’s Black majority and said he is “baffled” by suggestions that they are stifling economic growth.

Ramaphosa enjoyed a brief wave of sympathy after his White House ambush but he is a problematic leader, writes Sizwe Mpofu Walsh.

The South African president calmly challenged claims that minority Afrikaners were the targets of a "white genocide". The once fringe theory has been exponentially amplified by Trump and Elon Musk.