Critics claim Tesla boss’s business interests are dictating US foreign policy, leading Ramaphosa to use billionaire’s father as go-between

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has moved to defuse a row with the new US administration over a new land law by speaking to Elon Musk.Mr Musk is a close adviser to US President Donald Trump,

U.S. President Donald Trump said he will cut all funding to South Africa over what he called a human rights violation, a move that reflects Elon Musk's repeated and false claims over the years that authorities in his country of birth are anti-white and even encouraging the killing of white people.