U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that his country is stopping all federal funding to South Africa, but South Africa responded by saying it would not engage in "megaphone diplomacy".

South Africa’s rand weakened after US President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of the country. The currency fell as much as 1.1% and traded 0.7% weaker at 18.2563 rand per dollar as of 5:45 p.m. in Johannesburg,

The South African government has said it will not take part in "counterproductive megaphone diplomacy" following a fresh social media post by US President Donald Trump repeating his claim that Pretoria was confiscating land.

The United States is stopping all federal funding to South Africa, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday. "To go a step further, any Farmer (with family!) from South Africa, seeking to flee that country for reasons of safety,

President Donald Trump is offering white South African farmers and their families a “rapid pathway to Citizenship,” citing their “terrible” treatment by their government. The move will please his “first buddy” Elon Musk,

President Trump has offered an expedited pathway to U.S. citizenship to South African farmers, calling their treatment in the country "terrible" and citing property laws that impose "unjust racial discrimination" against white Afrikaner farmers.

South Africa's rand fell on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would cut off all federal funding to the country, while the dollar sagged after data showed the U.S. economy created fewer jobs than expected last month.