Keep your America, Ramaphosa hits back at Trump

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has hit back at United States President Donald Trump over threats to cut funding for alleged land confiscation and mistreatment of certain groups.

This comes hours after Trump took to his official X page to assert that South Africa was "confiscating" land and "treating certain classes of people very badly" as he announced plans to cut off all future funding to the country pending an investigation.

Speaking at a function Monday morning, Ramaphosa urged Trump to stop meddling in South African affairs.

“I don’t know what Trump has to do with South Africa because he has never been here. He should keep his America and we keep our South Africa. South Africa is our land, South Africa belongs to all the people who have been living here,” he said.

“He can keep his America. Donald Trump must leave us alone because he did not help us fight apartheid, we did it on our own. He was not on the table when we negotiated. We will find solutions to our problems,”

The land issue in South Africa has long been divisive, with efforts to redress the inequality of white-rule drawing criticism from conservatives including Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest person, who was born in South Africa and is a powerful Trump adviser.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa last month signed a bill that stipulates the government may, in certain circumstances, offer "nil compensation" for property it decides to expropriate in the public interest.

"South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

"I will be cutting off all future funding to South Africa until a full investigation of this situation has been completed!" Trump wrote.