South Africa's rand edged up against a weaker dollar in early trade on Thursday, after President Cyril Ramaphosa's office confirmed his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump next week following days of speculation.

U.S President Donald Trump has taken steps to counter China’s influence in Kenya and other parts of Africa, following President William Ruto’s recent trade agreements with China’s President during his visit to Beijing.

When Donald Trump entered his second term as president, he found a full-throated supporter in South Africa’s chief rabbi. Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein said in February that South Africans “should welcome the Trump administration’s interventions” in the country’s affairs,

The Trump administration carved out an exception to its refugee ban for white South Africans. But other groups, including Afghans who helped U.S. forces during the war in their country, are being shut out.

President Donald Trump is expected to spend the majority of his 17th week back in the office traveling overseas to the Middle East.

African investors see opportunity in the chaos of President Trump’s return to the White House, despite the pain caused by his foreign aid cuts and whiplash tariff decisions. That was the message from Vice Adm.