In particular, the South African president hopes to be able to discuss with the Trump administration Pretoria’s land reform policy, according to a presidential statement.
We are confident that, from these dialogues, we will share a better common understanding on these issues,” the statement added.
The United States remains a key strategic political and trading partner for South Africa, the statement said.
With the exception of PEPFAR assistance, which constitutes 17 percent of South Africa’s HIV/AIDS program, the Chair recalls, South Africa receives no other funding from the United States.
In clarifying aspects of the new expropriations law signed by Ramaphosa, the document reaffirms that South Africa is a constitutional democracy that is deeply rooted in the rule of law, justice and equality.
The South African government, it stresses, has not confiscated any land.
The recently adopted Expropriation Act, it explains, “is not an instrument of confiscation, but a constitutionally mandated legal process that guarantees public access to land in an equitable and fair manner, as guided by the Constitution.
South Africa, concludes the Chair, like the United States of America and other countries, has always had expropriation laws that balance the need for public use of land and the protection of landowners’ rights.
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