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There’s an escalating dispute between President Trump and South Africa over a new land policy that he says discriminates against the country’s white minority. On Truth Social Friday, Trump ...
Western audiences are commonly informed that white South Africans, who make up just 7% of South Africa’s population, own "three-quarters" of agricultural land whereas black South Africans own ...
A history of land ownership inequality in South Africa. Despite the official end of apartheid in 1994, South Africa is still reeling from widespread racial inequality in land ownership.
A 2017 land ownership audit found that white South Africans possessed some 72% of the country’s farming and agricultural land, while Black South Africans possessed a total of 4%. For context, a 2022 ...
South Africa's latest crime statistics debunk claims that a genocide is being committed against white people, the country's police minister has said. The widely discredited allegation was ...
Trump ally and South Africa-born entrepreneur Elon Musk is also highly critical of the land law, and is believed by some experts to be influencing the Trump government policies targeting the country.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa defended his land reform policy on Monday against an attack by Donald Trump that laid bare deep divisions within South Africa over racial disparities in ...
Rubio Skips G-20 Over South Africa’s Land Ownership, Israel Policies The secretary of state’s absence reflects deteriorating U.S.-South Africa relations as well as the Trump administration’s ...
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa is at the centre of a political firestorm after he approved a law that gives the state the power to expropriate some privately owned land without ...
South Africa plans a radical shake-up of its land policy to limit foreign ownership and could submit legislation to parliament by December, a government minister said on Wednesday.
Land acquisition. In 1994 when South Africa held its first democratic elections, the 77.58 million ha of farmland in the country with registered tile deeds was mainly owned by white farmers. Since ...