Land expropriation without compensation is a hot topic in South Africa, but US President Donald Trump’s claims that land is being confiscated in South Africa are not true.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday, without citing evidence, that "certain classes of people" in South Africa were being treated "very badly" and that he would cut off funding for the country until the matter is investigated.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa responds to U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to cut funding over South Africa’s land expropriation policy.

Several South African Civil Society organisations have criticised US President Donald Trump for peddling 'dangerous lies' about the country's Land Expropriation Bill. On Monday, Trump announced that he would cut funding to SA over the bill, alleging that the bill was "treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY'.

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. The passing of the Expropriation Act 13 of 2024 followed a parliamentary process that began in 2020.

Trump’s comments waded into a sensitive racial issue and deepened already sharp divisions between the United States and South Africa.

President Donald Trump said the US would halt all future funding to South Africa because of its new land-expropriation law. The rand slumped.

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