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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rachel Savage in Johannesburg

Trump cuts aid to South Africa over ‘racial discrimination’ against Afrikaners

Cyril Ramaphosa
The South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, last month signed a law that allows for land to be expropriated with ‘nil compensation’ in limited circumstances. Photograph: Esa Alexander/Reuters

The US president, Donald Trump, has signed an executive order to cut financial assistance to South Africa, accusing the country’s government of “unjust racial discrimination” against white Afrikaners and offering them asylum in the US.

The order criticised a law signed by the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, last month that allows for land to be expropriated with “nil compensation” in limited circumstances.

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