South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is criticizing President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE's remarks about land and farm seizures in his country as "ill-informed."

Ramaphosa in an interview with CNN said a tweet from Trump in August, which accused the South African government of "seizing land from white farmers," was connected to "fringe groups" who use the issue of land reform to boost white supremacist messages.

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"These people are ill-informed about what is happening here," Ramaphosa told CNN. "Just as President Trump was ill-informed about the messages that they are beaming out."

Trump apparently sent the tweet after watching Fox News's Tucker Carlson discuss the issue in a segment. The president in the tweet connected the land seizures to the "large scale killing of farmers," though killings of farm murders are at a 20-year low, with 47 killed in 2017 and 2018, according to Reuters.

South African officials say the land reforms are part of a reparative process to address racial inequalities following apartheid and centuries of colonial rule. The government is moving forward with a proposal to seize some land from white farmers by revising the country's constitution.

Ramaphosa said many of those who use the issue of South African farm and land seizures are "racists."

"In the main, most of them are racists," Ramaphosa said, discussing the people who promote the issue in the U.S. and abroad. "And they are not very positively disposed toward black people. Their voice, a seemingly prominent voice, is because they are talking on race issues and saying there is a racial war. There is no racial war in South Africa."