The government claims that it will only confiscate the property if it is not being used and there's no intention to either develop or make money from it, or when it poses a risk to people. However, the government is corrupt.

President Trump, influenced by Elon Musk, who was born in South Africa, announced that the US will conduct an investigation into South Africa's land expropriation scheme and may stop sending funds to the country. Trump also said that there may be things that are much worse happening there, referencing the murders of white farmers. Politicians and the media deny the brutal executions of white farmers, but there is evidence of numerous murders each month that are not being reported. Additional evidence includes Marxist political leader Julius Malema singing 'Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer', which has led to violence.

When Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, expropriated land from white farmers, the country suffered from starvation for decades and has yet to recover. Some in South Africa understand the potential consequences of killing or removing experienced farmers.

Whites comprise 8% of the population of South Africa. According to civil rights organization AfriForum, the ANC's claim that whites own up to 80% of the land in the country is false, and figures show that the government owns 24% of the land while an additional 34.5% of the land is owned by black people. Much of the land is owned by trusts and businesses that do not report race.

The overwhelming majority of the land claims filed by blacks are for urban areas.  According to a land bank study, more than 90% of farms redistributed since the fall of apartheid in 1994 have failed and turned into squatters' camps or subsistence farms. 

This video shows a South African man reporting on farm murders in January 2025.