Johannesburg – The executive decree of President Donald Trump penalized South Africa published on Friday struck a gross nerve in the African nation. The order intended mainly on land crises comes as Pretoria has faced in progress American criticisms that she made up against American interests, including her support for the Palestinians of the International Criminal Court and her warm relations with China , Russia and Iran.
Friday’s executive decree was partly stated: “In contempt shocking the rights of its citizens, the Republic of South Africa recently promulgated the law of expropriation 13 of 2024, in order to allow the Government of Africa South to seize the agricultural property of the ethnic minorities of Afrikaners without compensation. “
“It is the policy of the United States that, as long as South Africa continues these unjust and immoral practices that harm our nation:
a) The United States must not provide aid or assistance to South Africa; And
(b) The United States will promote the resettlement of Afrikaner refugees which escape discrimination based on the race sponsored by the government, including the confiscation of racially discriminatory goods. “”
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President Donald Trump participates in a signature ceremony in the president’s room at the American Capitol on January 20, 2025. (Melina Mara-Pool / Getty images)
Friday’s executive decree visibly targeted Pretoria’s foreign policy: “South Africa has taken aggressive positions towards the United States and its allies, in particular by accusing Israel, not in Hamas, the genocide of the International Court of International Court Justice, and the revival of its relations with Iran to develop to develop to develop to develop to develop the development of the development of Iran’s development to develop commercial, military and nuclear arrangements … The United States cannot support the Commission for Rights of the Rights of the Government of South Africa in its country or its staging of the foreign policy of the United States, which constitutes threats to national security for our nation, our allies, our African partners and our interests.
On Saturday, the South African government replied: “It is very concerned about the fact that the fundamental premise of this order lacks factual precision and does not recognize the deep and painful history of South Africa of colonialism and the ‘apartheid “, Chrispin Phiri, spokesperson for the International Department of International Relations in the country of the country, published on X.
Phiri added that “we are concerned about what seems to be a campaign of disinformation and propaganda aimed at distorting our great nation. It is disappointing to observe that such stories seem to have found the favor of decision-makers in the United States of America.”
Farmers inspect sheep in Philippolis, South Africa, November 1, 2024. (Paul Botes / AFP via Getty Images)
Although he lost his majority in the elections of last year, the African National Congress (ANC) is still the main party of the government of current national unity in South Africa. The secretary general of the party reacted to the offer that white Afrikaners can become American citizens by posting a photo on X.
The government said that whites from all walks of life, not just Afrikaners still hold around 70% of the land in South Africa. The government says that the expropriation law will only be used to take the land necessary for public purposes – as for a new school – of people of all color when the owner refuses to sell, and even, there would be ” compensation.”
Emma Powell, spokesperson for international relations of the main opposition party in South Africa, the Democratic Alliance, told Fox News Digital that “for decades, the DA opposed the policies based on the Race of the Anc.
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin were presented at the BRICS summit on October 23, 2024. (Alexander Zemlianichenko / Pool / AFP via Getty Images)
She continued that the DA “will continue to have legal action to protect property rights. It is now time for the ANC to reassess both their national and foreign policy stations, which actively undermines our national interests”.
Powell told Fox News Digital to “a high -level delegation in Washington, DC, in the coming weeks to engage with decision -makers. The DA remains determined to protect private property rights, to promote economic growth and to strengthen diplomatic links with the United States “
Afrikaners, descendants of Dutch predominance settlers who landed in southern Africa in 1652, became the country leaders and who would have largely developed the apartheid system that separated white and blacks, treating blacks as second citizens class.
American and South African flags are presented in Union buildings in Pretoria. (Stephane de Sakutin / AFP via Getty Images)
In a declaration published on Saturday, Afriforum, a group for the defense of civil rights which largely represents Afrikaners, expressed “a great appreciation” for the action of Trump, which, according to her, was “a direct result of President Cyril Ramaphosa and irresponsible actions and policies of his government “.
He continued: “However, the organization of civil rights and its sister institutions of the solidarity movement remain attached to the future of Afrikaners at the southern tip of Africa and insist that urgent solutions must therefore be found For injustices committed by the South African government against Afrikaners and other cultural communities in the country. “”
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The leader of economic freedom fighters Julius Malema welcomes supporters of Pretoria, in South Africa, on February 2, 2019. (Phill Magakoe / AFP via Getty Images)
One of the most frank and extreme members of the government of national unity, Julius Malema, chief of the fighters of economic freedom of the South African minority minority, said on X: “In the light of the Aggression by the United States against South Africa, we must as the nation are seriously placing to strengthen links with Russia, China and the nations which belong to (the international commercial organization) to avoid the Unnecessary confrontations with maniacs such as Donald Trump.
Malema was brought to justice for accusations of hatred crimes. In a case, he sang the song genocidal anti-apartheid song “Kill the Boer, The Farmer”, referring to the white descendants of Dutch settlers or “boers” in South Africa.
