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Why Trump Is Taking Aim at South Africa’s Land Laws
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February 9, 2025
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1:27Now PlayingLand ownership in South Africa remains an explosive issue more than three decades after White-minority rule ended, and the new US president has added more fuel to the fire.
Following the adoption of a law that will make it easier for the South African government to expropriate land, President Donald Trump said America would halt all aid to the country.
Following the adoption of a law that will make it easier for the South African government to expropriate land, President Donald Trump said America would halt all aid to the country.
Posting on his Truth Social platform, Trump accused South Africa’s government of “treating certain classes of people very, very badly” by confiscating land, which he said constitutes a “massive human rights violation, at a minimum.”
He vowed that the US “won’t stand for it” and would cut off all future funding until a full investigation is completed.
While the South African government said Trump misunderstood the intention of its new Expropriation Act, the furor sparked a selloff of the rand.
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