The South African Communist Party (SACP) has reiterated its support for land expropriation, in line with the Constitution, as it responded to US President Donald Trump's opposition to the policy.

On Sunday, Trump accused South Africa of "confiscating" land and "treating certain classes of people very badly", threatening to cut off all future funding to the country pending an investigation.

South Africa hit back at Trump’s misinformation and stressed its sovereignty and democracy, while stating that there was no arbitrary dispossession of land or private property taking place in the country.

The SACP reiterated South Africa’s national independence and said it rejected Trump’s “imperialist agenda” and the “entire United States imperialism”.

“South Africa is an independent country with its own democratic sovereignty and territorial integrity. We are not a colony of the United States or any other state for that matter: we fought against and shall fight against any attempts at undermining our national independence, democratic sovereignty and territorial integrity. The SACP rejects with the contempt it deserves the agenda by the United States to operate outside both international convention and democratic multilateralism and make itself the ruler of the world,” it said.

Further, it stressed that the recently assented Expropriation Act repeals the apartheid-era Act and aims to redress past discrimination. It said Trump’s opposition to the Act was hypocritical, racist, distorted and misleading given that he did not oppose the old legislation that saw racial land dispossession.

“For the record, Trump is not the President of South Africa – he is the president of the United States. We will not allow him to interfere in our internal affairs, undermine our democratic national sovereignty, or impose his reactionary will upon our people. The SACP remains resolute: South Africa belongs to all South Africans who live in it. We will not bow to imperialist threats. The struggle continues!,” the SACP said.