The so-called land question has been a decades-long dilemma for South Africa. A new law seeks to right some of the wrongs of apartheid but has angered critics.

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.

The US gave South Africa more than $320 million in fiscal year 2024, mostly for health and humanitarian aid. The Expropriation Act of 2024 was enacted following a 2017 study that found white South ...

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 ...

Trump’s executive order cutting aid and offering refugee status to South Africa’s Afrikaner farmers has caused a stir in the African country after passage of a controversial land bill.

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 ...

A law that allows the government to confiscate land has reignited racial tensions that have dogged Africa's southernmost tip ever since European settlers began arriving nearly four centuries ago.

South Africa’s new Expropriation Act, which was signed into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa in January 2025, has been at the centre of a political storm set off by the new US administration ...

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.