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,

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to cut U.S. financial assistance to South Africa, the White House said on Friday, citing disapproval of its land policy and of its genocide case at the International Court of Justice against Washington's ally Israel.

U.S. President Donald Trump has followed through on his promise to punish South Africa by signing an executive order stopping all aid and assistance to the country over what he called a human rights violation against a white minority group.