1 of 1
Story summary
- U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration removed South Africa from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), ending over $8 billion in aid since 2003.
- The State Department said South Africa did not meet the administration’s policy demands.
- Demands included repealing the land expropriation law and exempting U.S. firms from Black empowerment rules.
- Most of the funding was cut last year after Trump dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
