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https://www.sgtreport.com/2025/03/trump-announces-end-to-u-s-federal-funding-for-south-africa-offers-citizenship-path-for-farmers/https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114121529754059509The White House confirms all federal aid to South Africa is being cut, citing government-sanctioned land seizures and discrimination against Afrikaner farmers.The United States will immediately halt all federal funding to South Africa, President Donald Trump announced Friday, citing government-backed land expropriation policies and discrimination against farmers.“South Africa is being terrible, plus, to long-time Farmers in the country. They are confiscating their LAND and FARMS, and MUCH WORSE THAN THAT. A bad place to be right now, and we are stopping all Federal Funding,” Trump said in a social media post.
Trump also offered a path to U.S. citizenship for South African farmers facing persecution.“To go a step further, any Farmer (with family!) from South Africa, seeking to flee that country for reasons of safety, will be invited into the United States of America with a rapid pathway to Citizenship. This process will begin immediately!”
The South African government dismissed the announcement, stating it would not engage in “counterproductive megaphone diplomacy” and emphasizing its commitment to maintaining diplomatic and trade relations with the U.S.South Africa’s Land Seizure Law Draws U.S. SanctionsPresident Cyril Ramaphosa signed a law on January 23 allowing land expropriation without full compensation, further intensifying tensions between Washington and Pretoria. The law, framed as a measure to correct racial disparities in land ownership, permits authorities to seize land “in the public interest.”Currently, white landowners, who comprise just over 7% of the population, still hold the majority of farmland in South Africa. The government insists the expropriation policy is necessary to rectify apartheid-era land inequalities.The White House condemned the law in a February 7 executive order, stating that Ramaphosa’s administration was implementing policies designed to dismantle equal opportunity and fueling racially motivated violence.The order further announced a U.S. resettlement program for Afrikaners, recognizing them as “refugees escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination.”Afrikaner Advocacy Groups Welcome U.S. SupportThe Afrikaner rights group AfriForum and labor union Solidarity have been lobbying in Washington to highlight the persecution of South Africa’s white farming community.Last month, AfriForum officials met with White House representatives, sharing images of their visit on social media. Their advocacy has included raising concerns over farm attacks, targeted killings, and economic policies they say threaten Afrikaner livelihoods.In response, Ramaphosa dismissed their efforts, calling them divisive and unpatriotic.“That is not a nation-building process—running around the world to try and have your problems solved. You are just sowing divisions,” Ramaphosa said.
AfriForum CEO Kallie Kriel pushed back, calling it hypocrisy, citing the government’s refusal to condemn anti-Boer rhetoric and its denial of farm murders.“It’s President Ramaphosa that signed the Expropriation Act. It’s President Ramaphosa that refuses to condemn slogans such as ‘kill the Boer,’” Kriel said. “It’s also President Ramaphosa that ignores letters from AfriForum and the solidarity movement that were written to him.”
U.S.-South Africa Relations at a CrossroadsWith billions in U.S. aid now at stake, South Africa finds itself in a diplomatic standoff with Washington. Ramaphosa has expressed interest in engaging with Trump, but tensions remain high.
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