South Africa law at centre of Trump row challenged in court

(BBC) 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.

Trump has frozen foreign aid to the country as a result, alleging that land is being confiscated already.

The government, which is made up of 10 parties led by the African National Congress (ANC), said the US president’s actions were based on “a campaign of misinformation and propaganda aimed at misrepresenting our great nation”.

The ANC was forced into a power-sharing deal last year after losing its parliamentary majority, for the first time in three decades, in May’s general election.