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The meeting comes just days after the US welcomed a group of 49 Afrikaners as “refugees”.
President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on 16 September 2022. Picture: AFP / Saul Loeb
With just hours left for the highly anticipated meeting between President Cyril Ramaphosa and US President Donald Trump, the presidency has shared the order of proceedings, including the officials who will be present during the engagement.
The meeting with Trump comes just days after the US welcomed a group of 49 Afrikaners as “refugees”.
Trump falsely claimed they are being persecuted in South Africa due to their race and are facing a “genocide”.
According to the Presidency, Ramaphosa is scheduled to meet with Trump on Wednesday morning at 11h30 EDT (17h30 SA) at the White House, in Washington DC.
The order of proceedings are:
- 11:30am (17:30 SA) President Trump receives President Ramaphosa
- 11:35am (17:35 SA) President Ramaphosa signs visitors’ book
- 11:45am (17:45 SA) Working lunch with President Trump
- 12:45pm (18:45 SA) Bilateral meeting between President Ramaphosa and President Trump (this element will include interaction with the media)
- 13:30pm (19:30 SA) President Ramaphosa departs the White House
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The South African delegation will comprise the following ministers, members of business and eminent South Africans:
- Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola
- Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni,
- Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Parks Tau
- Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen
- Founder of Richemont and chairman of Remgro Johann Rupert
- South African professional golfer Ernie Els
- South African professional golfer Retief Goosen
Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) Vice President Adrian Gore and Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) President Zingiswa Losi are also in Washington DC to provide support to Ramaphosa and the South African delegation for the meeting with Trump.
The US delegation is made up of
- Vice President of the United States of America, JD Vance
- Secretary Pete Hegseth, U.S. Department of Defence
- Secretary Howard Lutnick, U.S. Department of Commerce
- Deputy Secretary Christopher Landau, U.S. Department of State
- Susie Wiles, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff
- Elon Musk, Special Government Employee, U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
- Dr Massad Boulos, Senior Advisor for Africa, and Senior Advisor to the President on Arab and Middle Eastern Affairs
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