The White House on Friday cited Washington ally against Israel, refusing its land policy in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and refusing to deal with its genocide, President Donald Trump to South Africa US financial aid I signed an executive order to reduce.
Recent data from the US government shows that the United States allocated about $ 440 million in aid to South Africa in 2023.
The White House said Washington will also plan to resettle South African farmers and their families as refugees.
It states that US officials will take steps to prioritize humanitarian aid, including admission and resettlement through the United States Refugee Interior Program for Africans in South Africa, including early Dutch and French settlers Most are white children.
Trump has said, without providing evidence, “South Africa is seizing the land” and “some sections of people” were treated “very badly”. Born in South Africa billionaire Elon Musk, who is close to Trump Said He has been the victim of white South African “racist property laws”.
South African President Serial Ramphosa – who signed the law last month, aimed at making the state easier to occupy the land in the public interest. He has defended this policy.
He said that the government had not seized any land and the purpose of this policy was to eliminate ethnic differences in land ownership in the black -majority nation in Syria. South Africa will not be “bullying,” Ramfosa said.
Washington has also complained about the case brought by South Africa to the ICJ, where it has accused Israel of genocide of Israeli military attacks on Gaza, which killed tens of thousands of people. And humanity has led to the crisis.
Israel denied the allegations, and insisted that it worked in defense after the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023.
The White House presented the issue as an example of South Africa, which holds positions against Washington and its allies.
The White House said the executive order signed by Trump will resolve human rights issues in South Africa. Trump had threatened to cut off financial support for the nation shortly after taking office.
Due to the heritage of the colonial and colorful era, when black people were expelled from their lands and denied property rights, the question of land ownership in South Africa was highly politically accused. Has gone
White landowners still have three -quarters of South Africa’s free hold fields. This is 4 % contradictory to black people, which consists of 80pc populations compared to about 8 PCs for whites, according to the latest 2017 Land Audit.
