{"id":2401427,"date":"2025-02-11T13:43:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T18:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bloomberg-admits-trump-is-right-about-south-africa-land-grab\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T13:49:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T18:49:38","slug":"bloomberg-admits-trump-is-right-about-south-africa-land-grab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bloomberg-admits-trump-is-right-about-south-africa-land-grab\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloomberg Admits Trump Is Right About South Africa Land Grab"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbloomberg-admits-trump-is-right-about-south-africa-land-grab%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2401427&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent article, Bloomberg writer Mike Cohen discusses the contentious\u200c issue of land ownership\u2062 in South\u2064 Africa, particularly in the context of a statement made by former\u200c President Donald Trump. Trump has claimed \u2062that the South African government is unlawfully seizing land from white farmers, a point Cohen initially describes as false. \u200dHowever, Cohen later acknowledges that the controversial Expropriation\u2063 Act allows for land to be \u200ctaken without compensation, particularly targeting racial lines. \u200cThis has led to a mixed portrayal of the\u2063 law,which is intended to \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">address past injustices \u2062related<\/a>\u2064 to land distribution.<\/p>\n<p>Cohen cites South African President Cyril Ramaphosa&#8217;s assertion \u200cthat the law is aimed at \u2062equitable \u200daccess to land, contrasting it with Trump&#8217;s view that it enables government-sanctioned land\u2062 grabs. Criticism has emerged regarding the Act&#8217;s provisions that allow for nil compensation in certain instances, supporting Trump&#8217;s depiction of the law. Additionally, the article notes a troubling trend of violence against white\u200b farmers in South Africa, further complicating the discussion \u200daround land reform and safety.<\/p>\n<p>The piece\u200b concludes \u200cwith commentary from \u200cChuck DeVore,who suggests that the media&#8217;s framing\u200d of the\u2063 issue is inconsistent,labeling it as disingenuous. the article highlights the complexities surrounding land redistribution in South Africa and the political implications of the Expropriation Act.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Bloomberg writer Mike Cohen said President Donald Trump is &ldquo;falsely claiming&rdquo; that South Africa&rsquo;s government is stealing white farmers&rsquo; land. But just a few paragraphs later, he admitted it actually is happening, presenting it through the positive lens of its supporters without addressing the concerns Trump raised about it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Land ownership in South Africa remains an explosive issue more than three decades after White-minority rule ended,&rdquo; Cohen <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/us-law-week\/why-trump-is-taking-aim-at-south-africas-land-laws-quicktake-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> in a Monday article. &ldquo;US President Donald Trump falsely claiming that the government is engaging in land grabs has added more fuel to the fire.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump signed an executive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/02\/addressing-egregious-actions-of-the-republic-of-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">order<\/a> Feb. 7, &ldquo;Addressing Egregious Actions Of The Republic Of South Africa.&rdquo; The president condemned South Africa&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.gov.za\/storage\/app\/media\/Acts\/2024\/Act_13_of_2024_Expropriation_Act_2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Expropriation Act 13<\/a>, as it would &ldquo;enable the government of South Africa to seize ethnic minority Afrikaners&rsquo; agricultural property without compensation.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cohen cited South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who &ldquo;said Trump misunderstood the intention and mechanics of the law, which was passed as a tool to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whistleblower-amazon-regularly-forces-employees-to-confess-unconscious-racial-bias\/\" title=\"Whistleblower: Amazon Regularly Forces Employees To Confess Unconscious Racial Bias\">ensure equitable access<\/a> to land.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But suddenly, Cohen went from denying the land grabs to apparently endorsing them. &ldquo;The A[frican] N[ational] C[ongress] then said it could achieve its land-redistribution goals through the standalone Expropriation Act, which only needed a simple majority in parliament to pass,&rdquo; Cohen wrote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He said the bill &ldquo;gives the government the power to take land for a public purpose&rdquo; like roads or schools &mdash; or &ldquo;in the public interest, which includes efforts &lsquo;to bring about equitable access to all South Africa&rsquo;s natural resources in order to redress the results of past racial discriminatory laws or practices.&rsquo;&rdquo; And, Cohen wrote, &ldquo;[t]he owner of expropriated land must be paid &lsquo;just and equitable&rsquo; compensation, although the act contains a provision for nothing to be paid in some instances.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>So Cohen not only admits the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.gov.za\/storage\/app\/media\/Acts\/2024\/Act_13_of_2024_Expropriation_Act_2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">law<\/a> helps with &ldquo;land-redistribution goals,&rdquo; but that it operates upon racial lines and does not require compensation. Sounds a lot like Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/02\/addressing-egregious-actions-of-the-republic-of-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">description<\/a> of the bill &mdash; that it would &ldquo;enable the government of South Africa to seize ethnic minority Afrikaners&rsquo; agricultural property without compensation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Expropriation Act 13 plainly allows forcible seizure of land with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.gov.za\/storage\/app\/media\/Acts\/2024\/Act_13_of_2024_Expropriation_Act_2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">no compensation<\/a>. &ldquo;When a court or arbitrator determines the amount of compensation in terms of section 23 of the Land Reform (Labour Tenants) Act, 1996 (Act No. 3 of 1996), it may be just and equitable for nil compensation to be paid, having regard to all relevant circumstances,&rdquo; it reads. <\/p>\n<p>The bill also says &ldquo;[i]t may be just and equitable for nil compensation to be paid where land is expropriated in the public interest, having regard to all relevant circumstances, including &hellip; where the land is not being used and the owner&rsquo;s main purpose is not to develop the land or use it to generate income, but to benefit from appreciation of its market value.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Chuck DeVore, chief national initiatives officer at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, pointed out Cohen&rsquo;s disingenuous approach.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So, to sum up Bloomberg: &lsquo;Trump is lying.&rsquo; &lsquo;Well, Trump is telling the truth, but it&rsquo;s a good thing, so he&rsquo;s wrong,&rsquo;&rdquo; DeVore posted. &ldquo;Gotcha.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>In Bloomberg, in a piece titled, &#8220;Why Trump Is Taking Aim at South Africa&rsquo;s Land Laws&#8221; we see a perfect reflection of why today&#8217;s media has completely beclowned themselves.<\/p>\n<p>The piece claims, &#8220;US President Donald Trump falsely claiming that (South Africa) is engaging in land&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Chuck DeVore (@ChuckDeVore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckDeVore\/status\/1888981824178671962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Inciting Violence<\/h2>\n<p>This legislation is just one of the latest blows to law and order in South Africa. For decades, black South Africans have been attacking and brutally murdering Afrikaners &mdash; white South Africans &mdash; in farm attacks. (In 2018, Ramaphosa &ldquo;said the government did <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/white-farmer-killed-every-five-days-south-africa-authorities-do-nothing-851470\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">not condone<\/a> attacks or the seizure of white-owned farms,&rdquo; according to Newsweek). From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saps.gov.za\/services\/downloads\/2024\/2024-2025_-_1st_Quarter_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">April<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saps.gov.za\/services\/downloads\/2024\/2024-2025_-_2nd_Quarter_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">September<\/a> last year, according to South Africa police statistics (which do not distinguish these numbers by race), there were 197 total reported farm murders and 154 attempts &mdash; not to mention nearly 600 total cases of assault on farms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Far-left Member of Parliament Andile Mngxitama apparently <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Mngxitama2\/status\/1888245946368020782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">endorsed<\/a> the farm murders earlier this month.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I agree with Trump the land thieves must leave SA and go to the USA. Our land shall be free of colonialists. Mabahambe!&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>One user replied, &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/twatterbaas\/status\/1888602718912098357\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Only in a casket<\/a>, Andile. Only in a casket. And I doubt your ability to arrange even that.&rdquo; To which Mngxitama replied &ldquo;Plaas moord&rdquo; &mdash; Afrikaans for &ldquo;farm murders.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Economic Freedom Fighters &mdash; a Marxist political party in South Africa &mdash; routinely and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GbtrV29N5ZQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unapologetically<\/a> chant &ldquo;kill the Boer&rdquo; at rallies.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>This is Julius Malema. He&rsquo;s a member of South Africa&rsquo;s parliament and he&rsquo;s the leader of the nation&rsquo;s most radically pan-African (communist) political group. <\/p>\n<p>They&rsquo;re singing: &ldquo;kill the Boer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Which means: &ldquo;kill the white people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Pan-Africanists like him are the main reason&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/al7c5kV1ai\">pic.twitter.com\/al7c5kV1ai<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Samuel Sey (@SlowToWrite) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SlowToWrite\/status\/1686417281784467464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s executive order said South Africa&rsquo;s land seizure law &ldquo;follows countless government policies designed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/02\/addressing-egregious-actions-of-the-republic-of-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dismantle<\/a> equal opportunity in employment, education, and business,&rdquo; along with &ldquo;hateful rhetoric and government actions fueling disproportionate violence against racially disfavored landowners.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Logan Washburn is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawsuit-clark-county-keeps-commercial-addresses-on-voter-rolls\/\" title=\"...suit: Clark County Keeps Commercial Addresses On Voter Rolls\">staff writer covering election integrity<\/a>. He is a spring 2025 fellow of The College Fix. He graduated from Hillsdale College, served as Christopher Rufo&#8217;s editorial assistant, and has bylines in The Wall Street Journal, The Tennessean, and The Daily Caller. Logan is from Central Oregon but now lives in rural Michigan.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bloomberg&#8217;s Mike Cohen initially dismissed Trump&#8217;s claims about land theft in South Africa but later acknowledged it, framing it positively<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":507,"featured_media":2401428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/S-Africa.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[20929,50203,36303,45252,3634],"class_list":["post-2401427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bloomberg","tag-land-grab","tag-news-analysis","tag-south-africa","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/S-Africa.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/507"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2401427"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2401431,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401427\/revisions\/2401431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2401428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2401427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2401427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2401427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}