President Trump Plans to Cut Funding for South Africa Over Land Seizure Claims

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South Africa’s President Fires Back at Trump’s False Claim of Land Seizures

During his first term as president, Mr. Trump claimed that land seizures from white South Africans were rife, a false narrative pushed by some right-wing groups in South Africa.

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New York Times

Trump plans to cut US funding to South Africa over contentious land law

Trump made the pledge to stop all future funding on his Truth Social platform on Sunday, writing: “South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY.”

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Winnipeg Free Press

Trump puts another country on notice after targeting Mexico and Canada

Undeterred, Trump shared to Truth Social on Sunday that he's now set his sights on South Africa - in an apparent reaction to a new law over land expropriation.

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Daily Mail

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Trump Cuts Off Funding to South Africa over Racial Land Confiscation

The president made the surprise announcement on his own social media platform, Truth Social. South Africa received $273 million from the U.S. in 2023, including funding for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) The issue of expropriation has been simmering for decades in South Africa.

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Trump cuts future funding to South Africa over new land expropriation law

Donald Trump has announced that he will be cutting all future funding to South Africa in response to the nation's controversial new land expropriation law.

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Trump Pledges to Cut Aid to South Africa Over Land Expropriation

The South African rand slid nearly 2% against the dollar in early Asia trading on Trump’s comments. The African National Congress, the largest political party in South Africa, has pushed to make it easier for the state to take land. The country is the ‘S’ in the BRICS bloc of nations.

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"He must keep his America": Ramaphosa berates at Trump amid funding cut threat

US President Donald Trump has asserted cutting all funding to South Africa after the passing of the Expropriation Bill. President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the new Bill into law on Thursday, 23 January 2025. It states that property may not be appropriated arbitrarily or arbitrarily.

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Trump threatens another country after Canada and Mexico hit with huge tariffs

Trump vows to halt $318 million US aid package to South Africa. Calls land reform a "massive human rights violation" South African President Cyril Ramaphosa contends that the law is meant to redress "the legacy of colonial dispossession" Trump has already imposed hefty tariffs of 25 per cent on imports from Canada and Mexico.

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Trump suspends all US aid to South Africa

"I will be cutting off all future funding to South Africa until a full investigation of this situation has been completed!" he said. The South African embassy in Washington D.C. did not respond to a request for comment. South Africa currently holds the G20 presidency, after which the US takes over.

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Trump to cut funding to South Africa

President Donald Trump says he is cutting off funding to South Africa. He says the country is "treating certain classes of people very badly" South Africa recently signed a bill allowing the government to expropriate land without compensation. The law aims to address racial disparities in land ownership.

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8m ago

US President Trump To Cut-Off Funding To South Africa Over 'Human Rights Violation'

US President Trump To Cut-Off Funding To South Africa Over 'Human Rights Violation'Trump threatens to cut funding to South Africa due to alleged land confiscations. However, the African government said it will that negotiate with landowners and not engage in arbitrary seizures. The controversy started when South African President Cyril Ramaphosa signed a land expropriation bill, which allows the government to offer 'nil compensation'

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Trump threatens to cut U.S. funding to South Africa over land expropriation law

Trump threatens to cut U.S. funding to South Africa over land expropriation law. Law allows all local, provincial and national authorities to expropriate land in the public interest. Law replaces the Expropriation Act of 1975 that was put in place before the country gained democracy.

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9m ago

Trump threatens to cut funding for South Africa over land policy

US President Donald Trump threatens to cut funding for South Africa over land policy. Last month, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law a bill that allows land seizures without compensation in certain circumstances. Land ownership has long been a contentious issue in South Africa with most farmland still owned by white people.

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Trump to cut off funding for South Africa

"South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY," Trump said in a Truth Social post. The United States obligated nearly $440 million in assistance to South Africa in 2023. South Africa currently holds the G20 presidency, after which the U.S. takes over.

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South Africa denies ‘confiscating land,’ after Trump threatens to cut off aid

South Africa denies ‘confiscating land,’ after Trump threatens to cut off aid. President Cyril Ramaphosa responded on Monday to US President Donald Trump’s threat. Trump said he would cut off all future funding to the country until there was a full investigation.

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