US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday aimed at freezing assistance to South Africa over a controversial law which allows the government to seize farmland from ethnic minorities - namely White farmers - without compensation,

The president ordered that all foreign assistance to South Africa be halted and said his administration would prioritize the resettling of white, “Afrikaner refugees” into the United States.

Relations between the two were already strained with South Africa pursuing Israel in the International Court of Justice. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A legal challenge against a controversial new land seizure law at the centre of a row with US President Donald Trump has been filed by the Democratic Alliance (DA), which is part of South Africa's coalition government. The Expropriation Act allows for private land to be seized by the government without compensation in certain cases.

Hundreds of white South Africans gathered at the US embassy in Pretoria on Saturday to support Donald Trump, and protest at what they claim is racism by their own government.

Some white South Africans showed support for President Donald Trump on Saturday and gathered at the US Embassy in Pretoria to claim they are victims of racism by their own government. Hundreds of protesters held placards that read “Thank God for President Trump” and displayed other messages criticising what they see as racist laws instituted by the South African government that discriminate against the white minority.

South Africa is one of the latest countries President Trump has targeted since taking office. Last week, the White House issued an executive order completely cutting off financial assistance to the country.