WASHINGTON (CHATNEWSTV) — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to freeze financial assistance to South Africa, condemning its new land expropriation law, which he asserts discriminates against the white Afrikaner minority. The move also includes plans to offer refugee status to affected farmers seeking resettlement in the United States.
“As long as South Africa continues to support bad actors on the world stage and allows violent attacks on innocent disfavored minority farmers, the United States will stop aid and assistance to the country,” the White House stated in a summary of the order.
The Expropriation Act, signed into law by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa … , permits the government to seize land in specific instances where it … utilized or when redistribution serves the public interest. The legislation aims to address historical injustices from the apartheid era, during which Black South Africans were dispossessed of their land.
Elon Musk, a close Trump … the Department of Government Efficiency, has criticized the law on social media, portraying it as a threat to South … .
In addition to halting aid, the executive order references South Africa’s role in … .
The suspension of foreign aid to South Africa aligns with a broader pause in U.S. overseas assistance under the Trump administration, as the president emphasizes an “America First” foreign …
South African officials have yet to respond to the executive order. Previously, President Ramaphosa defended the land reform policy, stating that it seeks to correct historical wrongs and promote equitable land distribution.
