By Johnathan Paoli
President Cyril Ramaphosa says he looks forward to holding bilateral meetings with US President Donald Trump, following the newly inaugurated president threatening to cut funding to South Africa due to the recent signing into law of the Expropriation of Land Act.
Trump announced over social media platform X that he would cut off future funding to SA until a full investigation of the legislation was completed.
“South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people very badly,” he said.
He described the legislation as a human rights violation, and that the US would not stand for it.
President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Bill last month, which seeks to establish regulations surrounding the expropriation of land by the state in the public interest.
While the legislation does consider the possibility of expropriation of property in circumstances where an agreement with the owner could not be found,
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