[image: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will seek answers from theUS over Trump’s tweet.]Johannesburg (CNN) — South Africa hit back at Donald Trump on Thursdayafter the US President criticized the country’s land reform policies in anovernight tweet.The controversy began when Trump tweeted late Wednesday that he had askedSecretary of State Mike Pompeo to “closely study the South Africa land andfarm seizures and expropriations and the large scale killing of farmers.”Trump’s tweet appeared to be in response to a report on Fox News whichalleged that the South African government was “seizing land from whitefarmers.”On Thursday, the South African government said Trump’s tweet was “based onfalse information” and said it would call on the US Embassy to explain thePresident’s remarks.”South Africa totally rejects this narrow perception which only seeks todivide our nation and reminds us of our colonial past,” the governmenttweeted. “South Africa will speed up the pace of land reform in a carefuland inclusive manner that does not divide our nation.”