Trump signs order freezing aid to South Africa over land law
US President Donald Trump has accused South Africa of human rights violations against white farmers, continuing a dispute that escalated this week as the US froze aid to the country. On Sunday Trump wrote on his Truth Social account: "South Africa is confiscating land,
South Africa's Land Reform Law Sparks International Controversy
The South African MK party filed a treason complaint against AfriForum after Donald Trump criticized their land expropriation law, echoing AfriForum's claims of persecution of Afrikaners. The law intends to address historical land injustices,
Explainer: Understanding the South Africa Land-Reform Law that Provoked Trump’s Ire
President Donald Trump signed an executive order halting US aid to South Africa and offering refugee status to white South African farmers, claiming the country's new
Trump freezes US aid to South Africa over land reform law
President Trump has halted US aid to South Africa, citing concerns over the new Expropriation Act that allegedly discriminates against the white minor
Trump freezes aid to South Africa over controversial land law, claiming discrimination against White farmers
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday aimed at freezing assistance to South Africa over a controversial law which allows the government to seize farmland from ethnic minorities - namely White farmers - without compensation,
Why South Africa's land reform is so controversial
President Cyril Ramaphosa has defended South Africa's Expropriation Act, introduced in January, saying that it will "balance the need for public usage of land and the protection of the rights of property owners". Ramaphosa vehemently denied that the policy targets white landowners, as Trump had insinuated.
Land seizure and South Africa’s new expropriation law: scholar weighs up the act
South Africa has a new law to govern the expropriation (or compulsory acquisition) of private property by government for public purposes or in the public interest. The passing of the Expropriation Act 13 of 2024 followed a parliamentary process that began in 2020.
South African president misleads on land confiscation law
The Expropriation Act allows the South African government to seize land, in the name of public interest, with or without compensation. Its purpose is to repossess land and distribute it to address what the government refers to as historical injustices.
Trump orders freeze of aid to South Africa, citing country’s land expropriation law
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday formalizing his announcement earlier this week that he’ll freeze assistance to South Africa for a law aiming to address some of the wrongs of South Africa’s racist apartheid era — a law the White House says amounts to discrimination against the country’s white minority.
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S.Africa's land reform act sparks divisions
South Africa's new Expropriation Act, signed by President Cyril Ramaphosa last month, has sparked condemnation from the White ...
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Tensions Rise: AfriForum vs. Zuma's Party Over Land Reform Controversy
Jacob Zuma's party has accused AfriForum of treason for its opposition to South Africa's land reform law, which aims to redistribute land owned by white farmers. The conflict intensified after U.S.
Trump stops South Africa aid over land act intended to address apartheid legacy
South Africa adopted a law allowing the government to seize property "in the public interest.” The measure was condemned by ...
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Key partner in SAfrica unity govt seeks to annul land reform act
The second-largest partner in South Africa's unity government said Monday it had launched a court bid to annul an "unconstitutional" land expropriation act that has sparked a major spat with US ...