{"id":809951,"date":"2025-02-03T07:14:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T05:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=809951"},"modified":"2025-02-03T07:15:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T05:15:11","slug":"united-states-president-donald-trump-to-cut-off-all-funding-to-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/809951\/united-states-president-donald-trump-to-cut-off-all-funding-to-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"United States President Donald Trump to cut off all funding to South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

United States President Donald Trump announced that he would cut off all future funding to South Africa until a full investigation into taking land from certain people has been completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Monday, 3 February 2025, the United States President warned South Africa about confiscating land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSouth Africa is confiscating land and treating certain classes of people very badly,\u201d Trump said on his Truth Social network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is a bad situation that the Radical Left Media doesn\u2019t want to so much as mention,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump called it a \u201cmassive human rights violation, at a minimum\u201d, saying it is happening for all to see. \u201cThe United States won\u2019t stand for it. We will act,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI will be cutting off all future funding to South Africa until a full investigation of this situation has been completed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This announcement came shortly after President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the controversial Expropriation Bill into law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new Expropriation Bill sets out how state organs, including local, provincial, and national authorities, can expropriate land in the public interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 25 of the Constitution recognises expropriation as an essential mechanism for the state to acquire someone\u2019s property for a public purpose or in the public interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, expropriation by the state is subject to just and equitable compensation being paid for the property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until now, property expropriation has been governed by the Expropriation Act of 1975, which predates the expropriation mechanism provided for in section 25 of the Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This new bill repeals the Expropriation Act and provides a common guide for the processes and procedures for the expropriation of property by state organs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This law will assist all state organs in expropriating land in the public interest for various reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Criticism of the new Expropriation Bill<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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There is widespread opposition to the Expropriation Act, with many stakeholders warning that it is nothing more than expropriation without compensation in disguise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Bill further gives the Minister of Public Works the power to expropriate property in the public interest or for a public purpose,\u201d the DA said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) said the Expropriation Act represents a frontal assault on property rights in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Act empowers the state to seize land from individuals and businesses without paying for it,\u201d the IRR said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor investors, including those hobnobbing with the ANC at the World Economic Forum in Davos, this should set the alarm bells ringing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has also opposed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s signing of the Expropriation Bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, there will be no expropriation of private property without compensation on my watch,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe guarantee of property rights under Section 25 of the Constitution is not up for debate and is non-negotiable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, the civil rights organisation AfriForum announced its three-point plan for fighting the controversial Expropriation Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AfriForum maintained that this act significantly jeopardises private property rights and must be opposed to the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three-point plan will include an anti-promulgation action, legal action and an international awareness campaign against the Expropriation Act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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