The executive decree of the American president ensures the resettlement of Afrikaners who are victims of unjust racial discrimination. ”
The offer of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, to rehabil the white South Africans as a refugee fleeing the persecution may not stimulate the precipitation it provides, because the groups of white lobbies on the right want to “fight against injustices ”of the majority of blacks on soil at home.
Friday, Trump signed an executive decree to reduce assistance in the United States in South Africa, citing a law on expropriation that President Cyril Ramaphosa signed last month aimed at repairing the land inequalities that arise from the History of South African white supremacy.
Trump’s order has provided for resettlement in the United States of “Afrikaners in South Africa which are victims of unjust racial discrimination” as refugees.
Afrikaners are mainly white descendants of the first Dutch and French settlers, who have the majority of the country’s agricultural land.
“If you didn’t have any problems here, why would you like to go?” asked Neville Van der Merwe, a 78 -year -old retiree in Bothasig near CAP.
“There was not really trouble [people] By taking control of our land, people continue as normal and you know, what are you going to do there?
The law signed by Ramaphosa seeks to approach the disparities of racial land ownership – which left three quarters of private land in South Africa in the hands of the white minority – by facilitating the state of expropriating the land in the interest audience.
Ramaphosa defended politics.
Whites represent 7.2% of the South African population of 63 million inhabitants, according to data from statistical agencies. The data does not decompose how many Afrikaners are.
Before the independence of South Africa, its British colonial leaders handed over most agricultural land to the Whites. In 1950, the National Award for the Apartheid era seized 85% of the land, forcing 3.5 million blacks to them.
The African National Congress of Ramaphosa (ANC), the largest ruling coalition party, said Trump amplifies the disinformation propagated by Afriforum, a group led by Afrikaner.
The group, which put pressure on the previous administration of Trump concerning its cause, said that it did not take the offer.
“Emigration offers only an opportunity to Afrikaners who are ready to potentially risk sacrificing the cultural identity of their descendants as a Frikaners. The price for this is simply too high, “the CEO of Afriforum, Kallie Kriel said on Saturday.
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In addition, the solidarity movement – which includes Afriforum and the Solidarity Syndicat and said that it represents around 600,000 Afrikaner families and two million people – expressed its commitment to South Africa.
“We can disagree with the ANC, but we love our country. As in any community, there are individuals who wish to emigrate, but the repatriation of Afrikaners as refugees is not a solution for us, “said the solidarity movement.
Orania representatives, an Afrikaner enclave only at the heart of the country, also rejected Trump’s offer.
“Afrikaners do not want to be refugees. We love and are engaged in our homeland, ”said Orania.
The land policies of South Africa since the end of apartheid have never involved the forced crisis of land belonging to whites.
However, some said they appreciated Trump’s offer.
“I think it is a very beautiful gesture of Donald Trump to offer us asylum there,” said Werner Van Niekerk, 57, carpenter in Bothasig, without saying if he migrated to the United States.
Others have seen the funny side.
“Some questions: is there a test to determine your Afrikanership?” Do you have to hold membership in Afriforum? … Will Elon help with a little startup on the other side? … Are there bakkies (vans) in the United States? », Writes the author of the roof on X, referring to the billionaire of South African origin and with the help of Trump Elon Musk, who accused the government of Ramaphosa of” openly racist in matters of property in matters of property in terms of property ”.
