The U.S. gave it more than $6.5 billion in humanitarian assistance last year for wide-ranging projects like disease response, girls’ education and free school lunches.

Trump’s comments waded into a sensitive racial issue and deepened already sharp divisions between the United States and South Africa.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa responded on Monday to US President Donald Trump’s threat to cut off aid over the alleged mistreatment of White farmers, denying Trump’s claim that authorities were “confiscating land.

A much bigger worry than aid is trade: a quarter of South Africa's $15 billion exports to the U.S. get preferential tariffs under the African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA), according to a 2023 AGOA factsheet, while South Africa estimates AGOA makes up 2% of its total exports.

President Donald Trump wrote Sunday that he was “cutting off all future funding to South Africa” in protest of its current land reform. “South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY,” the president wrote on TruthSocial, adding: “A massive Human Rights VIOLATION, at a minimum, is happening for all to see.”

Patients and health care advocates said the abrupt decision to halt U.S. funding for a lifesaving H.I.V. program led to widespread confusion. The backtracking didn’t help.

An agreement between key ministers could mean relief for South African medical aids and their members over the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act.

President Trump said he will cut funding to South Africa in a move that reflects Elon Musk's false claims over the years over his country of birth.

The president is vowing to withhold aid to South Africa as he peddles false claims spread by white nationalists and other far-right figures.