Trump Ends U.S. Aid to South Africa Over Controversial Land Expropriation Law

The U.S. offers refuge to white South African farmers, citing racial discrimination, as Pretoria condemns the move as misinformation and propaganda.

President Donald Trump announced a halt to U.S. aid to South Africa, citing a law that allows land expropriation without compensation as discriminatory against the white Afrikaner minority.
The South African government criticized the decision, calling it a campaign of misinformation that ignores the country’s history of colonialism and apartheid.
The U.S. has offered refugee status to white South African farmers, claiming they face persecution and racial targeting under the new law.
South Africa clarified that the law permits expropriation only in exceptional cases deemed just and equitable, and does not intend to confiscate land arbitrarily.
Elon Musk, a South African-born billionaire and Trump advisor, has publicly supported the U.S. stance, describing the law as openly racist, further straining relations between the two nations.