A new land reform law is at the centre of Donald Trump’s aid freeze on South Africa. What does it actually do?
Seizing the land of its white citizens without compensation. That’s the claim United States President Donald Trump has used to justify cutting off aid to South Africa, pointing to the recently passed Expropriation Act. His South African-born adviser, Elon Musk, has added fuel to the fire, accusing the country of having openly racist laws. But what’s really behind South African land reform?
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