What then does Trump;s threat on SA mean for Namibia;s expropriation agenda as championed by the Swapo government?
February 3, 2025
US President Donald Trump has said he will cut all future funding to South Africa over allegations that it was confiscating land and “treating certain classes of people very badly”.
Last month, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law a bill that allows land seizures without compensation in certain circumstances.
Land ownership has long been a contentious issue in South Africa with most private farmland owned by white people, 30 years after the end of the racist system of apartheid.
But also the same situation prevails here in Namibia where the government has attempted to correct historical imbalances under the Namibia Equitable Economic Empowerment Framework (NEEEF).
What then does Trump;s threat on SA mean for Namibia;s expropriation agenda as championed by the Swapo government?
To unpack this, we were joined by Benedick Louw, a land expert.