Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi did it in dramatic style – dressed in military-like uniform and surrounded by masked police officers with automatic weapons, he called a press conference to accuse Police Minister Senzo Mchunu of having ties to criminal gangs.
The US has not only cut back bilateral relations with South Africa, but also boycotted it in global bodies like the G20.
Some white farmers have been killed but a lot of misleading information has been circulated online.
Trump said he was bringing in the order because of South Africa’s new land law, which he says is violating people’s rights, and also because of its international court case accusing Israel of genocide.
Speaking at a function Monday morning, Ramaphosa urged Trump to stop meddling in South African affairs.
“South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY,” Trump said in a Truth Social post.
The latest advances are part of a major escalation of a decades-old conflict over power, identity and resources that has killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced more than 1 million since its recent resurgence.
According to Kagame, SAMIDRC’s intervention has not only failed to bring peace but has exacerbated the conflict by undermining the previous efforts of the East African Community Regional Force (EACRF).
The new law allows for expropriation without compensation only in circumstances where it is “just and equitable and in the public interest” to do so.
