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Radical South African politician Julius Malema has called out President Donald Trump and defiantly confirmed the country’s “expropriation without compensation” plan to take land from white farmers.
What is the plan?
“Through land expropriation, we are forcing white people to share the land which was gained through a crime against the humanity of black and African people,” Malema said in a press conference on Thursday. He was referring to racist colonialism and apartheid practices.
“South Africa is a post-colonial country ceased with deep racial inequalities that were long designed by apartheid and colonization,” Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters opposition party, said. “Our land expropriation program seeks to realize the ideal of equality and human dignity.”
Trump tweeted Wednesday that he directed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo “to closely study the South Africa land and farm seizures and expropriations and the large scale killing of farmers.”