
President Donald Trump signed an executive order sanctioning South Africa over its treatment of the white Afrikaner minority while directing the State Department to clear the way for refugees to settle in the United States. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa assented on Jan. 23 to the Expropriation Act 13 of 2024, which allows the expropriation of land without compensation in some cases. Many, including the U.S. government, interpreted it as a move against the white minority, which controls most farmland in the country. The executive order, titled, “Addressing the egregious...