Eyewitness
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Tens of thousands of jobs on South Africa’s citrus farms at risk if US imposes tariffs
Donald Trump has offered asylum to Afrikaners, referring to them as racially disfavoured landowners, after South Africa moved towards potentially seizing land from white minority farmers. But the potential for US tariffs appears to be a bigger concern.
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Citrusdal, in the Cederberg region, is approximately 155 miles (250km) north of Cape Town
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Farmer Gerrit van der Merwe worries about how Donald Trump's tariffs could impact exports
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South Africa's president has signed a law allowing land seizures by the state, which Trump has called egregious and hateful
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The racialised legacy of land ownership has been entrenched by Apartheid rule
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Wannie Scribante who owns a small private farm feels threatened by squatters and the risk of land expropriation
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Wannie Scribante believes the South African government is not listening to their concerns about land expropriation
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