Trump has criticized Ramaphosa’s governing of South Africa, claiming there has been a “genocide” of white farmers.

The South African president arrives as dozens of white Afrikaners are set to be granted refugee status in the US, with Trump saying they were victims of "racial discrimination".

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump will host South Africa’s leader at the White House on Wednesday for a meeting that might be tense after Trump accused the country’s government of allowing a “genocide” to take place against minority white farmers.