He added that the only funding South Africa received from the US was through the health initiative Pepfar, which represented "17% of South Africa's HIV/Aids programme". The US allocated about $440m (£358m) in assistance to South Africa in 2023, according to US government data. Elon Musk, who was born and grew up in South Africa and is now a Trump adviser, has also joined in the debate, saying the new law discriminated against white people. "Why do you have openly racist ownership laws?" Mr Musk said to Ramaphosa in a post on X.South Africans' anger over land set to explode