By Malundo Kudiqueba
History repeats itself — only the protagonists change. After publicly humiliating Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky through phone calls, blackmail, and behind-the-scenes games, Donald Trump is now turning his attention to the African continent. The target? Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa. On Monday, the world may witness yet another public lesson in geopolitical humiliation, Trump-style. And this time, with the poisonous complicity of Elon Musk.
Yes, the South African-born billionaire who abandoned his homeland is now whispering advice into Trump’s ear — and trying to destroy South Africa’s reputation in the name of his personal crusade against the ANC and anything that smells of international justice.
The United States has already sent a clear signal: it quietly expelled the South African ambassador — a hostile diplomatic gesture.
Ramaphosa’s sin? Having the courage to bring Israel before the International Court of Justice for war crimes in Gaza.
In a world where morality is a currency for trade, those who dare to defend the oppressed end up on the blacklist of the powerful.
Trump, for his part, does not see genocide in Gaza. But he accuses South Africa of genocide… against white farmers.
It’s a world turned upside down: the oppressors are portrayed as victims, and those who defend international law are treated like criminals.
Will Trump use the international stage to humiliate Ramaphosa live and in full color? Will he turn diplomacy into a show of domination?
Nothing is off the table in his manual of arrogance.
Cyril Ramaphosa faces two paths: to bow or to confront. The former is the most common. The latter, the most dignified.
If South Africa backs down now, Trump will have defeated not just another president, but an entire nation.
And Musk will toast with champagne, smiling from afar as he watches his homeland bow to the empire of global narcissism.
Monday will reveal whether Africa still has leaders who are up to the challenges of our time — or just extras in a theater where billionaires and ex-presidents toy with other people’s sovereignty.
The world is watching.
And silence, this time, will be complicity.
Birmingham, 16 May 2025
Malundo Kudiqueba
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