The land under South Africa steadily rose between 2012 and 2020, a new GPS-based study finds, and drought may be the main ...

Certain parts of South Africa are experiencing a phenomenon where its land is rising by up to two millimeters annually.

“South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY,” the president said in an initial post on his social media platform Truth Social earlier this month.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly accused South Africa of “white genocide” and the forceful seizure of land, citing the ...

“South Africa is a constitutional democracy that is deeply rooted in the rule of law, justice and equality. The South African government has not confiscated any land,” Ramaphosa wrote on X.

The law has drawn criticism for supposedly risking and disregarding private property rights—particularly those of South Africa’s white minority—as it permits land seizures by the state ...