The new US ambassador to South Africa, Lana Marks, says that her government has an active interest in the future of South Africa – including the outcome on land expropriation without compensation.<\/p>\n
In an interview with the Daily Maverick<\/a><\/strong>, Marks said that the Trump administration is still ‘watching’ the situation of land expropriation without compensation and murders of white farmers.<\/p>\n However, she added that the US was “very pleased that South Africa is dealing with things in a very transparent manner”.<\/p>\n “All murders, farm murders, are senseless, all violence is senseless. Farm murders are less than 1% of the overall murders taking place in South Africa. But they\u2019re all unacceptable.<\/p>\n “It\u2019s a horrible problem which president Ramaphosa and the South African government are doing their utmost to address at this time. To the best of my knowledge there have been no farms confiscated.”<\/p>\n “We\u2019re interested in a very good climate for greatly increasing business between our nations. And South Africa must continue to create this really good climate so we can greatly increase business immediately.”<\/p>\n Trump raised eyebrows in 2018 after he\u00a0tweeted<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>that the South African government was \u2018seizing land from white farmers\u2019.<\/p>\n He subsequently asked his secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, to study the seizure and expropriation of land in South Africa, along with the killing of farmers.<\/p>\n Bill ready by Christmas\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n