South Africa law challenged in court at the center of Trump Ro
A legal challenge against a controversial new land seizure law at the center of a line with US President Donald Trump has been filed by the Democratic Alliance (DA), which is part of the South African coalition government.
Relevant act In some cases, the government allows the government to seize private land without compensation.
Trump has frozen foreign aid for the country, alleging that the land is already being seized.
The government, which is formed from 10 parties led by the African National Congress (ANC), stated that the work of the US President was “based on a campaign of incorrect information and publicity with the aim of incorrectly presenting our great nation”.
ANC was forced into a power-sharing deal After losing by his parliamentary majority for the first time in three decades in the May general election.
The DA, which is the second largest party of the coalition, has called the Expropulation Act unconstitutional, arguing that no democratic government should be given powers to seize property without compensation.
It said that South African President Cyril Ramfosa signed the law against its advice.
Land ownership in South Africa has long been a controversial issue, with most private farms under the ownership of white people, 30 years after the end of the racist system of apartheid.
Continuous calls have been made to the government to address land reforms and to deal with previous injustice of racial isolation.
But in its argument against the Expromination Act, the majority-white DA says that the apartheid government used the same powers to remove the original communities from its land, and it wants to protect property rights for all South African people Is.
The party said in a statement, “This history teaches us that there is a need to protect property rights for true prevention, ensuring that no government is ever given the powers to exit uncontrollably. . “
In a statement last week, the DA stated that it was deeply concerned about the danger to stop funding by Trump.
ANC stated that no land has been seized without compensation and it would be only under extraordinary circumstances, such as if the land was required for public use and all other routes to acquire the land were finished.
Trump’s executive order over the weekend on the freezing a weekend said that the US “cannot support the government of violation of South Africa’s rights in its country”.
This will not provide assistance or assistance until it continues these unjust and immoral practices “continues these unjust and immoral practices”.
The White House said that Washington would also plan to resettle South African farmers and their families as refugees.
It states that American officials will take steps to prioritize human relief, including admission and rehabilitation for Africans in South Africa through the United States refugee admission program, mostly the white descendants of early Dutch and French settlers.
President Ramfosa has said that he will send messengers to various countries to explain the recent policy changes of the government, including the Exproption Act.
