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US President Donald Trump on Sunday asserted South Africa was “confiscating” land and “treating certain classes of people very badly” as he announced he was cutting off all future funding to the country pending an investigation.
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According to Bloomberg, the US sent more than $8 billion (R152 billion in current exchange rate terms) in bilateral aid to South Africa over the last two decades, citing a 2023 report from the Congressional Research Service.
The land issue in South Africa has long been divisive, with efforts to redress the inequality of white-rule drawing criticism from conservatives including Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest person, who was born in South Africa and is a powerful Trump adviser.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa last month signed a bill that stipulates the government may, in certain circumstances, offer “nil compensation” for property it decides to expropriate in the public interest.
“South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
“I will be cutting off all future funding to South Africa until a full investigation of this situation has been completed!” Trump wrote.
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Land ownership is a contentious issue in South Africa with most farmland still owned by white people three decades after the end of apartheid. Since then land courts have adjudicated on a handful of land disputes and, after exhaustive processes, returned land to previously displaced owners.
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