UNITED STATES PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP LAST WEEK SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER
FREEZING AID TO SOUTH AFRICA.TRUMP AND HIS ALLIES, PARTICULARLY SOUTH
AFRICAN-BORN BILLIONAIRE ELON MUSK, HAVE RAMPED UP THEIR RHETORIC
AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA IN REACTION TO THE RECENTLY ENACTED EXPROPRIATION
ACT OF 2024, A CONTROVERSIAL LAW AIMED AT SOLVING THE COUNTRY’S
LONGSTANDING LAND OWNERSHIP INEQUALITY PROBLEM. THE LAW HAS DRAWN
CRITICISM FOR SUPPOSEDLY RISKING AND DISREGARDING PRIVATE PROPERTY
RIGHTS—PARTICULARLY THOSE OF SOUTH AFRICA’S WHITE MINORITY—AS IT PERMITS
LAND SEIZURES BY THE STATE WITHOUT COMPENSATION.
 TODAY WE LOOK AT HOW USA POLITICS ARE AFFECTING SOUTH AFRICA AND THE REST
OF THE WORLD?
 WE ARE JOINED BY MUSA MDUNGE -POLITCAL ANALYST BASED IN SCOTLAND AND
CURRENTLY HERE IN SA .