South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke to Elon Musk on the subject of misinformation about South Africa, the presidency said on Tuesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would suspend aid to the country over its land reform policy.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke to Elon Musk “on issues of misinformation and distortions about South Africa,” the presidency announced on Tuesday.

President Cyril Ramaphosa reiterated South Africa’s constitutionally embedded values of the respect for the rule of law, justice, fairness and equality, when he spoke with Elon Musk on Monday. The Presidency said on the X platform,

President Cyril Ramaphosa and Elon Musk have spoken by phone on the subject of "misinformation" about South Africa.

The billionaire had publicly accused his post-apartheid government of anti-white racism, and now Musk's ally, U.S. President Donald Trump, said he would cut more than $400 million in funding to the country.

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,