South Africa condemns polarising tweet

Jason Burke in Johannesburg
Fri 24 Aug 2018 09.49 EDT

... Trump’s tweet delighted white nationalists in the US, who have increasingly made South African land rights a talking point, but prompted derision and anger in South Africa.

All major political parties in South Africa agree on the need for extensive land reform in the country, where 72% of agricultural land is in the hands of white farmers, according to the Land Audit Report, despite white people making up 8% of the population.

On 1 August, Ramaphosa announced that the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party would move forward with plans to change the constitution to allow the expropriation of land without compensation, a motion passed by parliament in February ...

Public hearings are under way to gauge support for the policy ...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/24/south-africa-condemns-false-claims-as-trump-white-farmers-row-continues