President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo “to closely study the South Africa land and farm seizures and expropriations and large scale killing of farmers,” prompting Pretoria to accuse Trump of stoking racial divisions.

The tweet appeared to be a response to a Fox News report that focused on South Africa’s land issue and murders of white farmers.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s spokeswoman said Trump was “misinformed” and the foreign ministry would seek clarification from the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria. A tweet from South Africa’s official government account said, “South Africa totally rejects this narrow perception which only seeks to divide our nation and reminds us of our colonial past.”

Ramaphosa announced on Aug. 1 that the ruling African National Congress plans to change the constitution to allow the expropriation of land without compensation, as whites still own most of South Africa’s territory. No land has been “seized” since the reform plans were announced, the ANC says.

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Two million South Africans will be coming together in several days for a massive prayer gathering. Angus Buchan, a white farmer, is the leader of this amazing new movement. Please pray for this beautiful nation for the overthrow of government corruption and the awful violence and crime that has plagued South Africa in recent years in spite of the Truth and Reconciliation effort of the past. Pray for this mega-prayer gathering to be anointed and guided by the Holy Spirit and for the breakthrough the Christians, both black and white, want to see in their country.