U.S.-South Africa relations have fallen apart since Trump took office, but the tensions run a lot deeper than just recent events.

South Africa will work to “iron out wrinkles” in its relationship with the US, and the absence of Washington’s top diplomat from Group of 20 meetings in Johannesburg isn’t “a boycott,” President Cyril Ramaphosa said.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday that he wanted to "do a deal" with U.S. President Donald Trump to resolve a dispute over his country's land policy and genocide case against Israel at the World Court.

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa wants to find agreement with the new US government on diplomatic, trade and other issues, President Cyril Ramaphosa said Thursday, after harsh criticism of the country by Donald Trump.