Donald Trump has threatened to cut off all future funding to South Africa, citing concerns over land expropriation policies. Trump accuses South Africa of 'confiscating land' and 'treating certain classes of people very badly'. The move comes amidst a heated debate over land redistribution in South Africa, where efforts to address historical inequalities have sparked controversy.
Donald Trump – who launched a trade war at the weekend with some of the US’s biggest trade partners – now has South Africa in his sights. Donald Trump - who launched a trade war at the weekend with some of the US’s biggest trade partners - now has South Africa in his sights. Image: Jim WATSON / AFPwas “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.
“I will be cutting off all future funding to South Africa until a full investigation of this situation has been completed!” Trump wrote. Later, in a briefing with journalists, Trump said that South Africa’s “leadership is doing some terrible things, horrible things” without giving examples. According to the South African government, the 1913 Natives Land Act saw thousands of black families forcibly removed from their land by the apartheid regime.
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