Trump Cuts Off Funding To South Africa Over ‘Land Confiscations, Human Rights Violation’
The newly passed legislation in the country permits expropriation without compensation only in circumstances where it is “just and equitable and in the public interest” to do so.
US President Donald Trump has vowed to cut off all future funding to South Africa, citing concerns over land expropriation and alleged discriminatory treatment of some residents, particularly foreigners in the country.
Trump mentioned this in a post shared on his Truth Social on Sunday after South African President Cyril Ramaphosa signed an expropriation bill into law, allowing the government to seize land without compensation in certain cases.
The newly passed legislation in the country permits expropriation without compensation only in circumstances where it is “just and equitable and in the public interest” to do so.
This includes if the property is not being used and there is no intention to develop or profit from it or when it poses a risk to people.
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The president’s spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said that, under the law, the state “may not expropriate property arbitrarily or for a purpose other than… in the public interest”.
“Expropriation may not be exercised unless the expropriating authority has without success attempted to reach an agreement with the owner,” he added.
Reacting, Trump condemned the situation, stating that the country is “confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY.”
He also accused the “Radical Left Media” of ignoring the issue, which he described as a “massive Human Rights VIOLATION”.
He wrote: “South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY. It is a bad situation that the Radical Left Media doesn’t want to so much as mention.
“A massive Human Rights VIOLATION, at a minimum, is happening for all to see. The United States won’t stand for it, we will act. Also, I will be cutting off all future funding to South Africa until a full investigation of this situation has been completed.”
