The Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID has put more than 8,000 health workers in South Africa’s national HIV program out of work.

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.

South Africa had "expressed concern" to the United States after reports it will accept from next week the first white Afrikaners it had offered to resettle, the foreign ministry said Friday. The South African government had "expressed concerns with the information conveyed that the United States has commenced with processing alleged refugees from South Africa",