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Trump orders freeze of aid to South Africa citing country’s land expropriation law

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to freeze assistance to South Africa due to its new Expropriation Act, which the White House claims discriminates against the white minority.
The executive order will promote the resettlement of white South African farmers as refugees, citing concerns over race-based discrimination.
The Expropriation Act allows the South African government to expropriate land for public interest, aiming to address apartheid-era injustices, but has faced criticism.
The U.S. Will halt aid to South Africa until it ceases support for actions deemed harmful to minority rights and its relations with countries like Iran.

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Afrikaners give a polite ‘no thanks’ to Trump’s emigration offer

Executive order to cut aid to SA over the recent Expropriation Act holds door open to resettlement in the US

13 days ago·Johannesburg, South Africa

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Firstpost News

Trump accuses South Africa of ‘massive human rights violation’ over land policy, suspends aid

Trump has offered to resettle White South African farmers and their families as refugees under the country’s Refugee Admissions Program for Afrikaners. However, the descendants of early Dutch and French settlers don’t look eager to migrate to the US

13 days ago·Mumbai, India

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NOQ Report

Trump Hits South Africa With Sanctions Over Baffling Land Seizures

President Donald Trump wasted no time in expressing his disapproval of South Africa’s controversial land seizure laws that empower the local government to reportedly discriminate against white South Africans, Headline USA has learned. On Friday, Trump imposed sanctions on South Africa, freezing all U.S. aid and offering to resettle Afrikaner refugees—South Africans of European descent—who have been targeted by “government-sponsored race-based di…

13 days ago

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Newser

Afrikaner Groups Tell Trump They Won't Budge

President Trump followed through on his promise to punish South Africa by signing an executive order Friday stopping all aid to the country over what he called a human rights violation against a white minority group. The executive order includes a plan to resettle white South African farmers and their...

14 days ago·Miami, United States

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The Japan Times

Trump freezes all South African assistance as standoff escalates

South Africa’s Foreign Ministry expressed 'great concern that the foundational premise of this order lacks factual accuracy,” in a statement Saturday.

14 days ago·Japan

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