Trump, South Africa

Trump orders freeze of aid to South Africa citing country's land expropriation law
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday formalizing his announcement earlier this week that he’ll freeze assistance to South Africa for a law aiming to address some of the wrongs of South Africa’s racist apartheid era — a law the White House says amounts to discrimination against the country’s white minority.
Trump Freezes Aid To South Africa, Citing Law To "Seize" Land
President Donald Trump on Friday froze US aid to South Africa, citing a law in the country that he alleges allows land to be seized from white farmers, despite Johannesburg's denials.
South Africa hits back at Trump’s claim that it is ‘confiscating land,' as US aid to country threatened
The South African president has hit back at President Donald Trump for claiming the government is "confiscating" land. President Trump also claimed certain classes of people are being treated ‘very badly.
South Africa denies ‘confiscating land,’ after Trump threatens to cut off aid
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa responded on Monday to US President Donald Trump’s threat to cut off aid over the alleged mistreatment of White farmers, denying Trump’s claim that authorities were “confiscating land.
Donald Trump Takes Aim at South Africa
Trump said on Sunday that South Africa will be targeted even further, but South African leader Ramaphosa has insisted that "with the exception of PEPFAR Aid, which constitutes 17 percent of South Africa's HIV/Aids program, there is no other significant funding that is provided by the United States in South Africa."
How Trump's pledge to punish South Africa reflects Musk's criticism of his homeland
U.S. President Donald Trump says he will cut all funding to South Africa over what he called a massive human rights violation
Trump Signs Executive Order Aimed at South Africa, White House Official Says
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at South Africa, a White House official said on Friday, saying the order will address human rights issues in the African nation. Trump has threatened to cut off funding to the African country.
Donald Trump and Elon Musk Take Aim at South Africa
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he won’t attend a G20 summit in Johannesburg later this month, after Donald Trump slammed South Africa over a new land law. The president's top ally Elon Musk has long trafficked in conspiracy theories about the Black-majority government seizing White farmers' land and committing a "genocide" against them.
Why Trump and South Africa Are at Odds
Trump and his allies have targeted South Africa, promoting the false narrative that white people are being mistreated by the ...
Africa's top health official presses US to resume health aid
Africa's leading public health official will write to the U.S. Secretary of State on Thursday to highlight how the U.S. aid ...
US Top Diplomat Rubio Will Not Attend G20 Meeting in South Africa
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks after a tour of a migrant return center and a demonstration of a dog trained to ...
South Africa Banks Seek New Scorecard on Apartheid-Redress Plans
A South African banking-lobby group wants the government to complete a review of a charter created to address inequalities ...
Flashback: Biden admin repeatedly used USAID to push abortion in Africa
President Donald Trump's administration is going after USAID, an organization President Joe Biden used to push abortion ...
Trump or BRICS? The quandary for Africa's miners and governments: Russell
By Clyde Russell CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -Beyond the short-term volatility and uncertainty created by U.S. President Donald Trump ...
Boss ladies and holy men: Africa's top shots
Former US president and son of Kenya, Barack Obama, is painted on a matatu bus in Nairobi alongside the late Nelson Mandela ...