Trump-South Africa land row: President Ramaphosa calls Elon Musk to calm tensions

President Trump, who Elon Musk advises, has threatened to cut funding over South Africa's land policy.

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Mr Musk is a close adviser to US President Donald Trump, who on Sunday threatened to cut all future funding to South Africa over allegations that it was confiscating land and "treating certain classes of people very badly".

The South Africa-born tech billionaire joined in the criticism asking on X why Ramaphosa had "openly racist ownership laws".

Ramaphosa's office said that in the call to Mr Musk the president "reiterated South Africa's constitutionally embedded values of the respect for the rule of law, justice, fairness and equality".

Last month, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law a bill that allows land seizures without compensation in certain circumstances.

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