U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he would cut off all future funding to South Africa because he claimed, without evidence, that "certain classes of people" were being treated "very badly."
"South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY," Trump said in a Truth Social post.
"The United States won't stand for it, we will act. Also, I will be cutting off all future funding to South Africa until a full investigation of this situation has been completed!" he added.
In 2023, the United States obligated nearly $440 million in assistance to South Africa, according to U.S. government statistics.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said last month that he was not worried about the country's relationship with Trump.
Ramaphosa said at the end of January that he had spoken to Trump after his election victory and looked forward to working with his administration.
During his first administration, Trump had pledged to investigate the unproven large-scale killings of white farmers in South Africa and violent takeovers of land.
© Thomson Reuters 2025.
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stormcrow
Musk is from South Africa, isn’t he? Any connection?
Blacklabel
Does it matter?
I see no reason our tax money would be going to South Africa either way.
this is how the biased media tries to “debunk” proven killings that happened:
well, they aren’t “large scale”. Do they have to be to be a problem?
TaiwanIsNotChina
When the racist does the right thing he should have done for national security reasons. Really makes you think.
Garthgoyle
Dang. The US was giving money away to that corrupt country?
Cephus
"Trump to cut off all future funding to South Africa."
Great idea until vengeance stops.
Sh1mon M4sada
South Africa is unwinding itself in almost every ways that is important to the country's survival. Any funds directed at it will vanish alongside the dysfunction.
It's a kin to New Zealand under the previous Adern government. Conservatives for business and corporates, socialist politicians all for themselves, working people to the trash heap.
Blacklabel
who?
Desert Tortoise
As part of larger aid initiatives for sub-Saharan Africa including South Africa, through multi-country initiatives such as the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the President’s Malaria Initiative, Feed the Future, Prosper Africa, and Power Africa.