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Ramaphosa replies Trump, says South Africa’s land policy in interest of citizens
The South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, says his government’s land policy is in the interest of citizens and does not warrant official criticism from the US.
He made this statement in a post on X on Monday in response to President Donald Trump’s threat to cut funding to the country,
The US President had earlier said he would cut off all future funding to South Africa due to poor treatment of “certain classes of people.”
According to him, South Africa is seizing land and mistreating some of its citizens without concerns about the violations of their rights.
President Trump referred to the recently adopted expropriation act, which allowed the South African government to seize land without compensation.
The policy was initiated to help the government accelerate its efforts to address the disparity in land ownership caused by apartheid rule.
However, President Trump said, “The United States won’t stand for it.”
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/foreign/africa/771339-ramaphosa-replies-trump-says-south-africas-land-policy-in-interest-of-citizens.html?tztc=1
