Race policies or Israel - what's really driving Trump's fury with South Africa?

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law a bill that allows land to be seized by the state without compensation.

The bill is being opposed by Donald Trump , who has said it is "hateful rhetoric" towards "racially disfavored landowners" But for some in the country, progress on land reform has been too slow.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has proposed a constitutionally-managed process of land reform for the public good.

Professor Ruth Hall from the Institute for Poverty , Land, and Agrarian Studies of the University of the Western Cape argues the issue of access to land dates back to before the start of formal apartheid in 1948 .

The debate around land ownership has gone beyond the borders of South Africa due to the recent intervention of US president Donald Trump .

Only 3% of the country's top companies are controlled by black South Africans .

Donald Trump's promise to cut all "future funding to South Africa " may see South Africa excluded from the African Growth and Opportunity Act .

White farmers are more worried about this punitive act on trade deal with US than land expropriation.