South African President Cyril Ramaphosa heads to the White House on Wednesday on a perilous mission to persuade a hostile Donald Trump to make deals with his country rather than scold and punish it as he has done since the start of his second term.

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.

Snowfall and freezing temperatures hit parts of SA as cold fronts sweep across the country, prompting warnings and disaster readiness.

The decision, first reported by the media last week, comes amid growing tensions between the two nations. The administration of US President Donald Trump has accused South Africa of enabling what it called a racially motivated “genocide,” a claim President Cyril Ramaphosa has dismissed as a “completely false narrative.”

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has expressed concern about reports of the possible closure of Nissan South Africa’s plant in Rosslyn, Pretoria.

The Episcopal Church’s migration service is refusing a directive from the U.S. federal government to help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status.

Elon Musk has spoken out about the bill multiple times, often alongside his claims that a "white genocide" is taking place in South Africa, usually in reference to farm murders and the political rhetoric of Julius Malema, the head of a left-wing political party the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF).

Shoppers in South Africa are being cautioned that criminals are increasingly targeting vehicles parked at shopping malls.