South Africa rejects Trump’s accusations, hits back at land law aid threats
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- South Africa has defended a new land reform law after US President Donald Trump threatened to cut funding in response.
The Bill allows the government to take control of some property deemed in the public interest, without compensation in some cases.
Trump said he would stop all future funding until the situation was investigated.
Al Jazeera’s Fahmida Miller reports from Johannesburg.
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Double standards what about the land grabbing theft of Palestinian land.....domkop
Lands won by defensive wars don't count as land theft. The very moment Hamas violated It's ceasefire agreement and initiated Operation Al'Aqsa Flood on October 7th, the largest invading assault into Israeli sovereign territory since the Yom Kippur War of 1973 taking over towns and military bases, Gaza became exempt from the protections of the Oslo Occords.
@@Haz3dNightfall Well, the boers stole that land from black Africans.
@@Haz3dNightfall and how about the settlers grabbing land in the west bank? Isn t that a violation of the agreement too? Wouldn t that justify retaliation too?
@@josephanna9349how about Iraqi terrorisms? Or did yall suddenly forgot what saddam Hussein did? Or what Assyrians and Babylonians did ? 🤔🤔
I voted for Trump, but the intellectual dishonesty is apparent. I don't justify my own hypocrisy, so I'd not justify another man's. He may "favor" Israel as I favor my family. No one is completely objective, however covering for another man to justify him is weak, in my humble opinion.
How these people came to own these lands is beyond belief!! The migrants came to this land with nothing!
They are shameless apartheid beneficiaries. We couldn't care less what USA does, we will soon vote in a gov that will be more radical in taking back our land from the apartheid beneficiaries
And within 200 years they built a thriving, fist world economy.... Which you promptly destroyed and consumed like locusts....
...European migrants
Bro Bantu ain't even from South Africa. Also what about Madagascar, who owns that land?
@ Pou1gie, we call them whyte invaders, they are shameless about their history
Good luck South Africa. It's normal that solutions are sought to end an enduring structural injustice.
You mean like the murder raids they lead against white Afrikaans farmers in the north that has forced many to flee the country (many were invited to Israel actually, the most moral country in the world)
Wah wah!!! Structure injustice, boo hoo!!! Just like the rest of the HUGE GIANT continent massively mismanaged? Cry me a river...how about a novel idea - take some responsibility for success! Or too big of an idea?
@@Peace216 White farmers are killed by illegal zimbabwean immigrants who work on their farms at cheap labours getting slave wages, Zimbabweans will teach you a lesson.
@@Peace216 We all know Israel feels a strong kinship with apartheid South Africa. But this is news about South Africa, so maybe get over your hurt feelings from the ICJ case to stay on topic.
@JDshao Israel is an apartheid huh, give one example of an apartheid law without referencing Gazans or West Bank (a.k.a the Mexicans of Israel)
73% owned by the whyts? Wtf!
And, they got nerve to talk about black Americans, while the white man is in their country controlling them, embarrassing!
Apartheid and colonization. Our leaders have a duty to expropriate land from these greedy settlers who took our land forcefully with the help of the west.
"Bunker Cat"
Hawhytes😂
Yes and almost all of that 73% are farmers who feed you every night
@ dyl_nnn Liar
Where is the Africa Union? We must speak as 1 voice.
Yeah right
hahahahah AU is funded by who?
AU can't even build their own HQ without foreign assistance. lol
Speak up about what ?
Africa would be able to survive on its own, land, labour and good climate
Their land is pretty bad for agriculture actually. They have red soil which is low in nutrients. And the climate is also not extremely good. Drought in some parts, extreme rainfall in others. Certainly is not Europe or North America where the land is really good.
@Internatio. 🤣🤣 tell that BS to someone who's NEVER been to Europe or US. The land of SNOW. RAIN. DARK and DULL. 🤣🤣🤣.
hoothothoti9369.... Europe produces some excellent foods actually
@internationalinvesting4336 you work on it. Giving up is not an option
Yes if you had good governments and innovative people
Another big mistakes trying to bullying South Africa.
They don't know about us
@nivob4076 Yeah.... right.
Trump is going insane.
Ooooh what are we to do against the mighty USA when our army cant tie their shoes?
@@bulldogwoof6954 velcro buddy😎
i knew it, elon set him off on this
So what?
We stand and support south 🇿🇦 ❤
No we don't, the government are 🤡🤡🤡
Can you imagine 8% of the western population own 70% all South Africa land how can this be not even 40 but 70
@MukadisAymen-ui8fy Is that why they killing the white farmers?
I support the whites of SA against this tyranny gov
There are people who will always support the invaders and you will always be on the wrong side of history this level of injustice is simple criminal against black Afrikaans
All African countries should tell any interfering western country, whether the US or France, to mind its own business. The Americans have no problems telling the world to go hang over any laws the US introduces that the majority of the world considers problematic so why shouldn't the African countries for laws their public wants to introduce?
South Africa apartheid hasn't truly ended, they just inverted It. They shouldn't be interfering in Israel's internal affairs, Hamas is not an anti-apartheid organization in any aspect.
Stop African Apartheid.....
Yet you stand there with your black begging hands.......
Right like a giant super resource rich region has done so well. It is a mess. Almost every single country, a mess. Explain that away...
South Africa should drop the ICJ case and mind its own business
Something tells me certain son a South African miner owner has is responsible for this controversy against South Africa...
Elon Musk never cared for SA
Might as well just take away his citizenship
Ancestors of apartied don't deserve anything
@@BakongoRUI😂😂😂😂he gave it up 25 years ago. He is American not South African and by the way he is from a family of colonisers according to Julius Malema so he must never come back.
@@charliepepper3039 he’s ancestors are indeed colonists
Hypocrisy, what about Palestinian people's land
Yes, arabs can go back to arabia.
Take the land back
Please clarify.
Yes, we will. It's our land after all, no negotiations needed with land-thieves.
Let's go expropriate some land in America. ..Without compensation
Exactly! take the land back and run those white demons out of SA
If it was stolen , go to land claims.... otherwise this is stealing & using a lie to justify it. Funny that ANC supporters actually don't push for jobs to buy land but then again they have been mentally + physically enslaved by the gov. & pumped with so much propaganda into the eternal victim
Nelson Mandela failed his country on this and now history is repeating itself, wishing all the best to South Africa
Down with America and it's bullying tactics,South Africa can manage it's own problems and doesn't need America,brics Nation form their alliance because of America high-handedness.
They can't manage their way out of a paper bag! Just like the rest of a GIANT failed continent! Note America is SUCCESSFUL which is the OPPOSITE of Africa.
Nah, down with SA government. Long live Trump
Not high-handed but dictatorship. They want to dictate what other sovereign countries can and cannot do. Then they talk bad about P u t i n.
@@nehrumotiram1941 exactly so let's stop getting free money from usa and make our own.
@@tridentcheckit2640Good luck with that 😂
I am South African and I happen to be considered a half breed coloured where I am from. There needs to be some kind of land restitution which is what the act should have been called because the way the ANC have named it is aggressive revolutionary nonsense to appease the radical elements on the right. The actual wording of the bill is completely reasonable and I don’t for one second believe that there are going to be Zimbabwe types of land invasions. This bill should be renamed as the restitution and rehabilitation act instead of the Expropriation without compensation act. It was poorly considered.
My far bigger concern is the BEE policy that allows connected black people to take 51% of all registered new companies. This is actually what has destroyed the country and halted foreign investment. This is the policy that should be addressed by the Americans, not the land act.
ye true bro
(South Africa) is doing "Horrible things , terrible things" ? That's a harsh thing to say . What exactly did south do ?
Allowing farm murders to happen
Nothing i$really is doing, to which they support. Double standards. Over 60000 in horridly killed in Ga Za that is ok. 2 or 3 white settler killed 'horrible things'. What a sad world we live in hmm.
This is due to South Africa not supporting i$ralie in genocide and due to not being complicit like Europe and america and due to dragging them to ICJ..
Genesis 12:3
@@User47HDAMEN AND AMEN🙏
This is what happened when you heavily rely on US of bully
Also the US, ender of ww2 and the reason China and Russia doesn't just colonise every other country for their resources
How long did they think this modern day slavery would last😂 they should take all the land back 🔙
Land owners who paid for land need to be paid for land the government takes. Those who did not pay for it and solely benefitted from apartheid laws must be stripped of their land and paid nothing.
US foreign aid to South Africa was $440million in 2024
From 24th December 2024 to 2 January 2025 South Africans spent $906million dollars on alcohol alone.
Yeah you can keep your foreign aid it ends up in coffers of the ruling party anyway
Actually 60% of USAID goes back to the US through a policy that requires the use of US companies for whatever needs to be done.
At last, now we as black South Africans finally have access to farmland!
@@jblack00777 you have already hand over 200 farms handed to you in the last 15 years. Does it not make you so proud to know not ONE of those farms are still running? Every single one of them are standing derelict and baron. Lack of knowledge and expertise. You want the land but have no clue what to do with it when you get it. Besides which, the only group in this country that can state they are indigenous to our country, are the Khoi-San people. Everyone else (whites and blacks included) migrated into SA. Blacks have never been indigenous to South Africa. Go and educate yourself.
@@jblack00777 what are you going to do with that land? And dont say "none of your business" because then you support private property!
Now you all just need to learn how to farm, and swim, and run a country in general.
@AndyFelmaBush y’all need to go to school..I mean education doesn’t end ka grade 12 wa bona 🤷🏾♀️
BS, the only reason you have food to eat is because of Europeans
🤣😂🤣😂 trump is a fool! And Cyril response is brilliant!
You voted for Cyril? 😆😅😂🤣
Musk should run as Emperor and Autocrat of South Africa instead of Shadow President of the USA
He went to America. They can keep him.
We don't need him
@hkaniugu shut the f up you need him just take him back pleasee
He wouldn't even make the ballot here
They demand to be compennsated for the land they got free!
@FikileNyandeni-i4k Free?! By committing human rights atrocities, among other things.
You’re taking away people’s livelihood, people who might not even have been born during apartheid or had any influence on the real estate market during apartheid.
And to what end? Equality is not making everyone equally poor. Equality is help poor people who don’t have the university degrees or the financial means to run these farms.
If the world stop trading with a bully then the bully will cease to exist
How dare South Africa criticise Israel? Israelis would never take land. Would they?
Taking your own land back it's different this whites had taken half country.while 80% of original are landless
😂
Very big difference, the SA government is utilising eminent domain to buy back land. Which is was acquired through illicit means during apartheid.
At its commercial value, and those landowners have the right to challenge those proceeding in court if they choose so. The same thing the
Lancaster House agreement was doing successfully.
Yes shitrael is doing that and is lickin usa's 🍑 at the same time. How good are they??
@csharpe5787 South Africa is no longer a apartheid state commitmenting crime against humanity to the natives of the land. Don't pretend to be ignorant of the facts. That's the clear difference.
Cut it ,cut it,cut it.n keep your money .we will survive.those who R making noises have much to lose from ill gotten gains.
he thinks only him he can demand whats right, he should tell his south african colleague that africa has change, not only USA
"Stay out of our business, Trump! But yea keep the money flowing."
@@champagnebulge1 what money?
This will affect the US more as SA shifts it's allyship eastward.
Americans are homeless while you give us money, build houses for your people and stop financing Israel. too
You guys are in the richest country in Africa, stop begging from those evil, inbred white demons. You people don't need s*** from America!
South Africa can’t stay out of Israel’s business and they expect to be immune to criticism.
South africa is a democracy for 31years
But with all the corruption in government the money that should have gone for land distribution went to mercedes bmw johhny walker rolex and Moët
i mean...
why the heck does the us care about sa's domestic law issuing and all?
🙄
@@GuruPreethamGP "ELON", that's WHY!
South Africa has been complaining about the internal affairs in Israel.
Countries are not immune to criticism on the domestic front.
How do they think they got the land to start with!
Arabs got their lands in north africa by attacking indigenous people and land grabbing.
And where did the people before them get the land from? Come on lets be grown ups.
South african land grabbers will be held accountable by Trump.
Africa doesn't need Any help from overseas county,.
But takes Millions in aid every year while Cyril owns 31 properties 😂
They didn't play Ramaphosa's response speech 😅😅😅okay go look for it , find it , make it trend in America please.
The rantings of a bully.
Why don't they make their own farms? Instead they would rather just take it, like they did with the rest of the country that they didn't build.
But it's their land and whites took it by force and built it to benefit themselves
The last time Europe was great, the USA and South Africa were a colony. I don't know if he really wants that again
Easy.. stop the aid
Zimbabwe 2.0 😂😂😂😂
But the blacks are too stupid to know.
That was sabotage and sanctions from all corners. Also, SA knows to remove top soil after from expropriated land cause the whyts sure love to salt whatever they can't own. 😂
@@dalemsilas8425do you mind calling us whites, whiteys or umlungus? We don't go around calling people bleks, or Y'alls, or any other badly spelt names. Whyts is a Scottish surname, not someone's skin colour. Thanks! 😉
Bro, your account name sounds cringe 🤨
@@THENDOMUTHANYI that's the name I was born with
And the World thought Apartheid was defeated in South Africa
Don’t listen to him
But how did 2/3 of the land in south africa end up in the hands of 1/4 of the population. Where the indigenous people compensated?
Most of South Africa is made up by Bantu migrants who have barely been there for longer than the Boers.
The law is so vague that any land bought during Apartheid could be seized without compensation.
If the goal is equality the taking people’s livelihood is not the answer. Now everyone will become equally poor.
A racial quota is not a good qualification for something as complex and expensive as industrial agriculture.
Blacks and Whites depend on the food and taxes earned from this industry and race will not compensate for loss of skilled labor.
South African government should quit using toxic Twitter ,create a bluesky account and post state information from there.....
Elon Musk & Donald Trump band forever coming to Africa
The young men and women, of south Africa will get up one day and ask where is my land.
He is crazy!!!!!!
Trump is going insane period.
if SA proud do not take the aid and stop involve AGOA with US problem solve
Trump and the USA should be the last to speak on this issue. The colonial USA gov has been stealing for ages.
Then South Africa has no right to interfere in the theft of Palestinian land by Israel. After all they conquered the Boer Republics.
The land is for us africans :no compensation whatsoever
Where is the Aftican voice in States? How come their voices are not trembling American streets? They all should stand by S Africa.
This world isn't for black people
Keep ur america we keep our africa
I thought Russia would be South African best alternative as they have been playing BRICK game together.
Dont steal land
I hate trump
We dont care , MAGA
This new law is just the latest (and far from the worst) thing that's being done in attacks deliberately and explicitly targeted against racial and ethnic minorities in South Africa. They've gone after everyone from Cape Coloureds to Boere, to in several cases Indian minorities. Racist government policies like the employment quotas, forcing public institutions to exclude Afrikaans to the explicit detriment of Cape Coloureds and Boere, selective censorship of data and reporting around racially targeted crime like the farm murders, racist government support initiatives that explicitly exclude certain races from eligibility, etc. The list just goes on and on and on.
You start your argument on wrong facts. White South Africans owns 358 000ha of urban land and 27 mil of agrucultural land. This includes semi desert land in the Karoo. South Africa has a total area of 122 mil. White people owns 22% but you neglect to do your own research trying to find out who owns the remaining 78%. There are a few other statistics available that you might find irritating but worth investigating.
Trumps ego is out of control. It's blocking the little intelligence he has left.
We don't need Donald Trump..we need Donald duck
We have every resource we need. Well survive.
So did Zimbabwe lol
This won't end well. This will create criminal activities.
South Africa already has criminal activities, you might as well stand on business while you're at it! Stop letting those inbred white demons from America bully y'all!!
How do you reject accusations 😂
Aish, all this coz we took Israel to court 😢
Well, South Africa can ask that money from the other Brics countries
Russia and china will give us a loan anyday
Get your mineral elsewhere if you can find them 😂
@@nivob4076this is the problem. You cannot even manage your internal electricity or water infrastructure. How would you pay these loans?
With these empty gold mines being run by zama zamas?
@@nivob4076 Enjoy the worthless ruble and yuan.
African Union needs to step up SA take your land back all of it no exceptions these wytes are only takers! 👊🏿
1% is a slump 😂😂😂😂…. Quit with the sensationalist reporting, please!
Read the Act then talk!
As a proud South African I endorse Mr Trumps logic & steps to save South Africa from the ultra corrupt & hubris filled incompetent thieves at the helm.
What's the need to explain!!! The Land was unlawfully seized by the Colonists. We want our Land back. Finnish & Klaar. 🔥🔥🔥🔥💪💪💪
Did the American Imperialists explain to the Native Indians why they stole the Land 😮
Lets go trump+
How come still running colonial lifestyle
Zimbabwe all over again. That worked so well. Sad.
Nice try, we shall see who suffers this time around between America and SA.
Trump better watch out!!! SA may chuck spears at the US!!!
South Africa wants the aid or not?😂
What aid, in percentage? Do you know?
What 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 south Africa
People voted for this monister they'll regret soon trump is a monister
Trump is loud and wrong
South Africa Involved themselves in unwarranted criticism and blackmail of Israel at ICC,
Did they thought,this will go on unpunished?
You look stupid those land belong to the black people israel is doing land grabbing
You must smell the coffee, this is not 1653
Murdering unarmed women and children now constitutes unwarranted criticism. You are a sick individual. Considering what Israel did to it's own citizens on that day nothing surprises us anymore.
Unwarranted?....... 48 000 dead civilians later.....
@@JacquesMare Absolute unwarranted,
You know this antisemitism has deluded rational thinking.The entire Gaza, Egypt, Lebanon,Iran belongs to Israel and as occupy,Arabs thinks they can kill Israelis like in October 8 massacre and go free.
Isreal and south Africa are the Same
😆😅😂🤣
Voetsek Trump
Well looks like we have the new palestine hehe south Africa has no idea
We don't own a quoter we own 4%
Trump must look what his country was doing in Gaza
Sending arabs back to arabia? 😆😅
@Adriano12358 sending your Mom back to the baboon palace😅😅😅😅.
BS your stats are misguided poor journlism terrible
😢WE ARE GOING TU TEK IT ALL BACK 🤔✊🏿💔❤
Not with that vocabulary
@@RosaMaria-gn6ub😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@RosaMaria-gn6ub lol...took the words right from my mouth😂😂😂
@@sharonjames2041 🥺😭😭😭😭
S. Africa stand on business and take your land back and forget about the rambling threats of a wannabe dictator.
Yes trump😃
Why are we sending them money
To continue dominate with soft power, in the region, that gravy train is over, we didn't see the effects of the aid anyway
@@mr.blackzonrackz7055 but now, you'll understand what your previous leadership has been paying for.
Don't worry about it. Inbred white demon, it's not your money!
@@dalemsilas8425 We don't need the aid, we have the money😂😂Its only 17% of 1 health programme, our government has already made plans to pay for the shortfall.
SA is not poor in case you were not aware.
They’re in BRICS, so they can get their aid of their beloved China and Russia.
Pls scrap the law.. As a South African I agree it's a terrible law. I hate to be in agreement with that Orange baffoon
You have no shame.
The law is not going to be scrapped. Go read it and come and tell what's terrible about it. It is in fact very fair and considerate.
@GlobalSoutherner-e7n it allows the government to take private property without needing to pay for it?
@@zakhelezwide1911 what should I be ashamed about?
@ what all of us know including yourself.
Long time this law should pass
What Americans learn from this story: We're sending South Africa money?! (why?)
Because they are buying soft power to influence the region, take your money it's change over here
What money, you dont know what youre talking about.
Proud to born in Rwanda 🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼
Thank Paul Kagame to build our country from zero to success and to make our Country's flag 🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼 to go on top of others
Thank you INKOTANYI I am who I'm today because of you
Thank you RDF
Thank you RNP
Thank you all government leaders let make Our Rwanda great again all over the world 🌎🌍 🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼
War is coming 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Brace for what is coming your way.
Imperialist puppets and Rwanda with a dictator president is nothing without your western masters
Rwanda was the west pupet 🤪. The fact, the west was always traitored their "friends" 🤣
This is Y god didn’t make Africa rich because they love the Palestinians
But give them gift as resources unlike poor invaders
South Africa will be VERY RICH SOON THAN THE OTHER COUNTRY CAUSE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY 😎🇿🇦🇵🇸
@ if you don’t remember when God took us out of Egypt then you’re blind to the truth 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱
More land for their family member to benefit from.
This South African Goverment don't care about the people but their pockets.
Naidoo, sit down, you are not white.
Oh shut up. We have already had our house taken at gun point by an ANc member.
@@AMA-7991 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@ 😂👌