In response to concerns over a recently enacted land reform laws that the White House claims discriminates against the government’s light minority, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday to stop US support to South Africa.
The United States will prevent help and assistance to the country as long as South Africa continues to support bad stars on the global level and allows violent attacks on innocent rejected minority farmers, according to a White House spokesman in a summary of the purchase.
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The Expropriation Act, which South African President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law last quarter, is referenced in the executive order in the executive order. According to the news agency AP, the law gives the government the authority to seize land in certain situations, such as when it is underused or when redistribution is deemed necessary to correct traditional injustices brought on by land dispossession during the apartheid era.
But, Trump’s presidency claims the legislation “blatantly discriminates against cultural minority Afrikaners” and could lead to property seizures without payment, according to the media company AFP.
Trump’s close alliance Elon Musk, who was born in South Africa, has been outspoken about the Expropriation Act, calling it a risk to the region’s white majority. Mussk and the South African government have also clashed over laws that require big corporations to give historically underprivileged groups 30 % of their stock, according to AFP.
Trump announced plans to start a settlement plan for white South American farmers and their families, citing concerns about their futures in terms of security and economic growth. ” The United States will encourage the settlement of Afrikaner refugees escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination”, the professional get state.
The support ice comes as a result of growing US-South Africa conflicts on international policy. According to AP, the executive order makes reference to South Africa’s role in bringing allegations of genocide against Israel before the International Court of Justice ( ICJ), which has caused further diplomatic rifts between Washington and Pretoria.
Also, US secretary of state Marco Rubio has announced that he will miss future G20 talks in South Africa, accusing the government’s federal of pursuing an “anti-American” plan.
Trump’s claims are misrepresented by the South African government, who asserts that the new property law does not permit subjective confiscation but instead seeks to remedy deepening economic disparities. In South Africa, where most land is also owned by white people despite the end of apartheid three decades ago, the legislation continues to be a hot topic.
