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Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
Donald Trump recently denounced South Africa’s new Expropriation Act. He falsely frammed it as a racially driven attack on the white minority. Trump is well within his rights to withhold US aid. Inflammatory comments are not just misguided; they are dangerous. About 64 percent of Black South Africans remain landless, and millions live in informal settlements or overcrowded townships. The “willing-buyer, willing-seller” model, introduced in the 1990s, placed the financial burden on the state to buy land at market rates. This approach, while politically cautious, has failed: land redistribution targets remain unmet, and economic disparities continue to widen. There is no widespread campaign to seize land arbitrarily, nor is the government engaged in racial persecution. The Expropriation Act does not grant the state unchecked power. But beyond the inaccuracy of his claims, Trump’s interference is dangerous. South Africa is still navigating its postcolonial identity, balancing reconciliation with restitution. Land expropriation is not theft. It is not an attack on white South Africans. The country’s hard-won sovereignty cannot be dictated by a US president whose track record on racial justice is abysmal.
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