I have asked Secretary of State @SecPompeo to closely study the South Africa land and farm seizures and expropriations and the large scale killing of farmers. “South African Government is now seizing land from white farmers.” @TuckerCarlson @FoxNews— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 23, 2018
Wall Street Journal: Trump Tweet on South African Land Reform Draws Government’s Ire
Rand falls after Trump says U.S. is looking at South Africa's efforts to overhaul land ownership
JOHANNESBURG—South Africa’s government on Thursday criticized a tweet by President Donald Trump in which he said he asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to study efforts to overhaul land ownership and “large scale killing of farmers” in Africa’s most-developed economy.
Mr. Trump’s overnight tweet referenced a report by Fox News host Tucker Carlson attacking the U.S. government’s stance on land reform in South Africa, which he suggested was too lax.
South Africa’s rand fell against the dollar after the tweet, and was 1.3% lower in Thursday morning trade.
The ruling African National Congress has said it plans to change the constitution to explicitly allow the expropriation of land without compensation in an effort to overcome deep inequalities in land ownership the country, which shed white-minority rule in 1994. White South Africans, who make up around 8% of the country’s population, still own 73% of agricultural land, according to estimates from farmers association Agri SA.
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WNU Editor: I am old enough to remember when Zimbabwe President Mugabe green-lighted the seizure of white farms and his reaction (and the reaction among his media allies in the West like the Independent) to those who opposed his measures. I am now seeing on the news and reading on the web the exact same language used by the South African government (and their media allies in the West) to condemn reaction to their policy of seizing white farms . I do not care what a person's ethnic background is. Ethnic cleansing is ethnic cleansing, and should be condemn universally when it happens, and it is now happening in South Africa.
South Africa totally rejects this narrow perception which only seeks to divide our nation and reminds us of our colonial past. #landexpropriation @realDonaldTrump @PresidencyZA— South African Government (@GovernmentZA) August 23, 2018
South Africa hits back at Trump over land seizure tweet -- CBS/AP
South Africa hits back at 'unfortunate' Trump tweet on land reform -- CNN
S.Africa hits back at Trump over land 'seizure' tweet -- AFP
The truth about white farmers in South Africa - and why the right is obsessed with them -- The Independent
