内容摘要："We are working closely with industry and the NHS to mitigate the impact on patients and resolve the issues as quickly as possible."

"We are working closely with industry and the NHS to mitigate the impact on patients and resolve the issues as quickly as possible."

But she doubts that the government will press ahead with implementing the law in the foreseeable future as the "political cost" has become too high.The academic was referring to the fact that Trump has opposed the law, saying it discriminates against white farmers and their land was being "seized" – a charge the government denies.

In February, Trump cut aid to South Africa, and in April he announced a 30% tariff on South African goods and agricultural products, although this was later paused for 90 days.This was followed by last month's infamous Oval Office showdown when Trump ambushed Ramaphosa with a video and printouts of stories alleging white people were being persecuted – much of his dossier has been discredited.Like Trump, the second-biggest party in Ramaphosa's coalition government, the Democratic Alliance (DA), is opposed to the legislation.

In a statement on 26 May, the party said that its top leadership body had rejected the notion of "nil compensation".However, it has agreed with the concept of just-and-equitable compensation rather than market-value compensation, adding it should be "adjudicated by a court of law".

Jaco Kleynhans of the Solidarity Movement, an influential Afrikaner lobby group, said that while the new law could "destroy" some businesses and he was opposed to it, he did not believe it would lead to the "large-scale expropriation of farmland".

"I don't see within the wording of this text that that will happen,"Some reported that patients were skipping meals and travelling long distances to get hold of the medication, according to the NPA.

One said it was the "worst stock shortage" they had ever had to deal with.after a woman got in touch through the Your Voice, Your BBC News initiative saying it was impossible for her husband, who has pancreatic cancer, to digest his food without Creon.

That month, leading pancreatic clinicians and charities wrote to the prime minister, saying the absence of Pert can have a "devastating impact on people's lives".They called for a national strategy to tackle the shortage.