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The Trump administration has announced the complete and permanent termination of PEPFAR funding to South Africa.
The US programme had delivered more than $8 billion to combat HIV and AIDS in the country since the Bush administration began it. South Africa currently has around 8 million people living with HIV, the highest figure worldwide.
A State Department official explained that the decision stems from South Africa’s failure to meet several key policy conditions set by the administration.
These include cutting diplomatic relations with Iran, scrapping Black Economic Empowerment policies, taking stronger action against the “Kill the Boer” chant, and stopping land expropriation efforts linked to correcting apartheid-era imbalances.
One Senate aide familiar with the matter stated bluntly that none of these demands relate to health issues.
The move traces back to a February 2025 executive order by Trump accusing South Africa of persecuting white Afrikaner farmers an allegation the South African government has strongly denied, citing its history of apartheid and corrective policies.
Funding will be phased out through 2027, with limited continued support for healthcare workers extending slightly beyond other programme elements.
As a result, the country facing the world’s largest HIV epidemic has lost its biggest health funding partner over a political disagreement centered on land and race rather than health or treatment.