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South Africa: Trump Threatens to Cut Aid to South Africa Over Land Expropriation, Ramaphosa Replies
allAfrica, 3 February 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump has announced plans to stop funding for South Africa due to the controversial law on land expropriation. Read more »
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South Africa: South Africa's Civil Society Organisations Respond to U.S. President Trump's Threats
Corruption Watch, 5 February 2025
We, South African civil society organisations, looking to protect and promote human rights and democracy in our country, are appalled not only at the threats issued by US President… Read more »
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South Africa: Expropriation Law Not Uniquely South African - Lamola
SAnews.gov.za, 3 February 2025
Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, has urged United States (US) President Donald Trump's advisors to deepen their understanding of South Africa's… Read more »
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South Africa: DA Clarifies Misconceptions and Reaffirms Commitment to Fostering Strong South Africa-U.S. Relations
DA, 3 February 2025
The Democratic Alliance (DA) notes with deep concern President Donald Trump's threat to cut critical aid funding in response to the Expropriation Act. Read more »
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South Africa: Trump to Cut Off Funding to South Africa Over Land Expropriation
Premium Times, 3 February 2025
However, the government's efforts to speed up the process through an expropriation without compensation policy have been highly controversial, sparking backlash from conservative… Read more »
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South Africa: ActionSA Concerned By Reckless Remarks By President Trump And Counsels Need For Balance
ActionSA, 3 February 2025
ActionSA notes with concern the reckless remarks made by US President Donald Trump threatening punitive measures against South Africa for what he claims to be widespread land… Read more »
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South Africa: Land Seizure and South Africa's New Expropriation Bill - Scholar Weighs Up the New Act
The Conversation Africa, 30 January 2025
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. Read more »
Trump Threatens to End U.S. Aid to South Africa Over Land Policy
U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to stop all aid to South Africa while criticizing the country's land expropriation policies. According to Trump, the controversial measure has enabled South Africa to confiscate land "unfairly" and to treat certain classes "very badly''.
This comes after President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Expropriation Bill into law in January facilitating state land expropriation, which provides equitable compensation.
Ramaphosa, however, has expressed a desire to engage with Trump on bilateral issues of mutual interest and concern.
InFocus
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the controversial Expropriation Bill into law, which will allow state organs to expropriate land in the public interest wi Read more »
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U.S. President Donald Trump's administration issued an executive order on January 20 Read more »
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Substantial shifts in U.S. Africa relations have begun. Although the new administration's Africa policies are evolving and will take time to formulate, several of the Executive ... Read more »
Trump vows to cut aid to South Africa, accuses country of treating 'certain classes of people very badly'
