Trump plans to cut US funding to South Africa over land law. Musk has also criticized the country
U.S. President Donald Trump says he will cut all funding to South Africa and has launched an investigation of the country’s polices, claiming a “massive” human rights violation is happening over a new land expropriation law
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will cut all funding to South Africa and has launched an investigation into the country's policies, claiming that a “massive" human rights violation against white people is happening over a new land expropriation 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."
In South Africa, Trump wrote, a ”massive Human Rights VIOLATION, at a minimum, is happening for all to see," without giving details or providing evidence.
“The United States won’t stand for it, we will act,” Trump added. «Also, I will be cutting off all future funding to South Africa until a full investigation of this situation has been completed!”
The South African government said Monday that the Trump administration needed to have a better understanding of the new law, which is meant to help redress the impact of decades of white minority rule in South Africa under the apartheid regime, which ended in 1994. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a statement that “the South African government has not confiscated any land.”
No significant action has been taken since the bill was signed into law.
During the apartheid era, land was taken from South Africa’s Black majority, who were forced to live in areas designated for Blacks only. The law has been debated and considered for years as a means,
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