South Africans either love or hate that Johann Rupert is in Washington with Ramaphosa

South Africans are deeply polarised about the country’s richest man at Cyril Ramaphosa’s side in Washington

@mbuso_siera Johann Rupert is also in Washington.◆ His father Anton Rupert and Harry Oppenheimer planned South Africa’s negotiated democracy◆ He facilitated a call between Cyril Ramaphosa and Donald Trump in November◆ And negotiating the names which will meet Trump in the White House.

@JAMA_NM Johann Rupert’s entrepreneurial journey in South Africa began in 1979. Prior to that, his family’s business ventures, established by his father Anton Rupert, had been operating in SA since the 1940s. Now how is it possible that today he has captured the state? Ngiyabuza Angilwi!

@ChrisExcel102 Even the toilet paper you wiped your ass with this morning comes from Rupert company … Respect a man who keeps your ass clean

@KINGLEKWENE Imagine if Zuma took one of the Guptas to see Trump, South Africans are hypocrites. #Matamela #Malema #Trump #ElonMusk #Rupert#ColdFront

@Manikipi· Rupert deserves to be at that table than anybody else after the President. He is a responsible billionaire that has put smile on us on things that matter. Absolute respect.

@BafanaSurprise Julius Malema spent his entire career bashing and making South Africans to hate Rupert, while in actual fact this Man is the one who feeds thousands of black South Africans! This Man has played an important role than Julius Malema, yet you will never see him making noise on X! Another reflection that, Julius Malema is all talk with no action!

@SihleLonzi The President of South Africa, Johann Rupert, will be meeting with the US President, Donald Trump. He has brought with him Cyril Ramaphosa, as his plus 1!

@ThisIsColbert Johann Rupert being in Washington for Ramaphosa-Trump meeting didn’t really come as a surprise to people like me cause I consume dope content, not TikTok dance challenges. South Africa DOES NOT belong to the people, it belongs to BIG businesses. Make peace with it.

@kekanabmk Johann Rupert is a TRUE PATRIOT!! Despite all the hatred he has received, Rupert is a true patriot – HE TOLD TRUMP TO QUIT nonsense and talk to Ramaphosa. Ramaphosa has a perfect deal for him: watch Cyril lead a greedy Trump to Canaan or the Garden of Eden!

@Bonginko01 I still maintain that something is horrible wrong with black people, and it’s deep. Suddenly, black people find nothing wrong with the president being accompanied by Rupert. Oval office Ramaphosa Trump Guptas Malema Zuma

@JohnJoseph11271 Ramaphosa walks into DC with $15bn at his side. Not a minister. Not a diplomat. But Johann Rupert – South Africa’s wealthiest man. Why? To rewrite the narrative? To speak capitalism in a language Trump respects? To remind the world: SA isn’t begging – it’s negotiating?

@price_1416 We stand with Johan Rupert in these difficult times. Down with click bait from desperate podcasters & out of touch failing politicians down.

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