South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke with Elon Musk a day after U.S. President Donald Trump promised to cut the country's funding over a land expropriation law

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke to Elon Musk “on issues of misinformation and distortions about South Africa,” the presidency announced on Tuesday.

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has spoken with Elon Musk to discuss “issues of misinformation and distortions about South Africa,” according to a statement shared on Tuesday (Feb. 4). “In the process,

Mr Musk is a close adviser to US President Donald Trump, who on Sunday threatened to cut all future funding to South Africa over allegations that it was confiscating land and "treating certain classes of people very badly". The South Africa-born tech billionaire joined in the criticism asking on X why Ramaphosa had "openly racist ownership laws".

POTUS said that his government would cut off all funding to South Africa over “illegal land grabs” by the country’s officials

Trump on Sunday threatened to cut foreign aid to South Africa over alleged land confiscation and mistreatment of 'certain classes of people' - Anadolu Ajansı

Elon Musk's father, Errol Musk, said he organised the call between his son and Cyril Ramaphosa following the row with Donald Trump.

Elon Musk got on the phone Wednesday with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa following the Tesla CEO’s condemnation of Pretoria’s “openly racist” land ownership laws and threats by US President Donald Trump to withdraw $400 million in aid.

South Africa is courting investment from Elon Musk after he accused the government of his birth country of racist laws.