US warns South Africa against seizing white people's lands
- The US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, has cautioned South Africa against land seizure without compensation
- According to the Pompeo, the lack of rule of law and property rights will discourage investment in the continent
- Despite repeated protests, South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has said he will make land expropriation constitutional
The US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, has warned against South Africa’s move to seize land without giving due compensation, saying it will have dire consequences.
Pompeo made this known in Ethiopia, where he rounded off his visit to Africa after he had been to countries like Angola and Senegal, BBC reports.
“South Africa is debating an amendment to permit the expropriation of private property without compensation. That would be disastrous for that economy, and most importantly for the South African people,” Bloomberg quoted him.
The secretary of state also stressed the need for a strong rule of law and respect for property rights as a way to encourage investment in the continent.
Source: UGC
It should, however, be noted that the country’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has said he would go ahead with the constitutional amendment which will allow land expropriation without compensation.
He said this would serve as a payback for the “historical injustice” caused by colonial white-minority dominance.
His move has been strongly opposed by the main opposition, Democratic Alliance party, and white lobby groups.
US President Donald Trump had in 2018 asked Pompeo to look into the issue of land seizure and reported killing of white farmers.
In response, Cyril said Trump was “misinformed” and the matter would be looked into through diplomatic channels.
In other news, Fareed Zakaria, a top American journalist with CNN analysed why the recent decision of the United States government to impose an immigrant visa restriction on Nigeria "does not make sense."
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The US government had justified the restriction on the basis of national security concerns, claiming that the affected countries have gaps in their security protocols surrounding travel which exposed the US to terror threats.
The American journalist, however, said the "argument does not really make sense", citing a data from CATO institute.
According to the data, "No one born in Nigeria, Myanmar, Tanzania, and Eritrea have been responsible for a single terror-related death on American soil between 1975 and 2017."
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