Ramaphosa Responds to Trump Broadside: We Won’t Be Bullied

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Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the State of the Nation address at the Cape Town City Hall on Feb. 6.Photographer: Rodger Bosch/AFP/Getty Images

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By S'thembile Cele and Ntando Thukwana

February 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM EST

Updated on

February 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM EST

South Africa won’t be bullied, President Cyril Ramaphosa said after his government came under fire from his US counterpart Donald Trump’s administration.

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