JOHANNESBURG — When South African President Jacob Zuma rose to deliver the opening remarks to a session of the country's House of Traditional Leaders in Cape Town last month, the mood was, at ...

There’s an escalating dispute between President Trump and South Africa over a new land policy that he says discriminates against the country’s white minority. On Truth Social Friday, Trump ...

Donald Trump has spoken out against the South African government's new land reform policies, accusing the country of embarking on "land grabs" against "certain classes of people". South Africa ...

South Africa’s proposal to cap the amount of land deeds an individual may hold will affect food production and it should consider alternative ways to remedy racial inequality in ownership, the ...

It argues that a total of around 25 million hectares – or 26.7% of South Africa’s agricultural land – is now owned by previously disadvantaged individuals and government.

A history of land ownership inequality in South Africa. Despite the official end of apartheid in 1994, South Africa is still reeling from widespread racial inequality in land ownership.

President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa said that his country had not seized land. Ownership of land in the country has been a contentious issue for generations. By John Eligon Reporting from ...

In South Africa, about 96 percent of ... Land Ownership Elusive for South Africa's Poor. Advocates say ending the cycle of poverty in rural Africa depends on putting farmland in the hands of blacks.

South Africa should hold further discussions on plans to cap the amount of land an individual can own and doesn’t want the process to compromise food production, Agriculture Minister Senzeni ...

Then, abruptly, Zuma jolted upright, his voice suddenly animated. For the two and a half decades since South Africa became a democracy, land has lurked quietly behind much of the country's politics.

South Africa-born Elon Musk, the US president's close ally, has also attacked the policy, referring to "openly racist ownership laws". President Cyril Ramaphosa has defended South Africa's ...

Analysis - Land is a highly charged and politicised issue all over the world. South Africa, with its history of extreme dispossession through colonialism and apartheid, is no exception.