South Africa’s second biggest political party has launched a legal challenge against a new land expropriation law that was roundly criticized by U.S.

A legal challenge against a controversial new land seizure law at the centre of a row with US President Donald Trump has been filed by the Democratic Alliance (DA), which is part of South Africa's coalition government.

President Donald Trump’s attack on South Africa has brought relations between Washington and Pretoria to their lowest point since sanctions were imposed on the previous apartheid government in 1986. It is also likely to reduce or eliminate White House participation in this year’s G20 meeting,