Expropriation Act Enables Land Seizures Amid Surging Farm Murders and Impunity
South Africa’s human rights crisis worsened in 2024, with the U.S. State Department’s report spotlighting the December 20 signing of the Expropriation Act, enabling land seizures without compensation, disproportionately threatening white farmers.
The U.S. Department of State’s 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, released August 12, 2025, exposes a worsening rights crisis for South Africa’s racial minorities, especially Afrikaners and white communities.
Signed into law on December 20, 2024, the Expropriation Act permits property seizures without compensation, raising fears it will disproportionately target Afrikaner farmland under a broader claim of land reform.
The report documents 447 farm murders between October 2023 and September 2024, fueled by the Economic Freedom Fighters’ “Kill the Boer” rhetoric.
Police impunity persists, with arbitrary killings, detentions, and torture unchecked, while the government fails to prosecute inflammatory rhetoric.
Arbitrary arrests targeting minorities, including foreign workers and refugees, surged, with 15,139 complaints of unlawful detention.
Antisemitic incidents surged to 125, driven by high-level anti-Zionist statements perceived as intimidation.
The government’s failure to prosecute officials for inflammatory rhetoric or violence against Afrikaners and other minorities exacerbates fears of systemic persecution.
Policies undermining equal opportunity in education and employment further marginalize these groups.
The findings exposes growing systemic threats to South Africa’s minorities, raising global concerns over justice and stability.
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