New scene at the White House. Donald Trump released this Wednesday, May 21, ahead of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa videos to support the American accusations of “Genocide” white farmers in South Africa. “They are killed”commented the President of the United States, in front of a sequence showing dozens of cars housing “Whole families” white farmers fleeing their land.
Donald Trump asked for “Explanations” to the South African president. “In general, these are white farmers who flee South Africa, and it is a very sad thing to see. I hope that we can have an explanation on this subject, because I know that you do not want it ”, said the American president, sitting alongside his South African counterpart in the oval office. The South African president denied supporting the expropriations of white farmers in South Africa. “No, no, no, no, nobody can take the ground”, he assured.
The atmosphere was rather relaxed in the White House, when, suddenly, the American president asked that the light be extinguished for videos to be broadcast on a screen. On one of them, Julius Malema, the leader of a radical left -wing opposition party in South Africa, who achieved 9.5 % of the votes in the elections in 2024, enuns Kill the Boer. It is a song of the anti-apartheid struggle. Boers are the farmers descendants of the first European settlers. Singing is widely criticized in South Africa, notably by the center of Center Law Democratic Alliance, a member of the ruling coalition, which requires its prohibition.
Then, Donald Trump and Cyril Ramaphosa, accompanied by their ministers and advisers, including Elon Musk who was born in South Africa, looked in an increasingly tense atmosphere of the printed copies of press articles reporting the murder of white South African citizens. “Death, dead”he launched, going from one leaf to another.
South Africa targeted by Trump
Since his return to power in January, Donald Trump has made South Africa one of his targets, denouncing the racial discrimination which, according to him, aims at the white minority descending from the first European settlers. His close advisor Elon Musk also denounces “Racist laws” which would target the white minority in his native country. Last week, the United States officially hosted 49 Afrikaners recognized as “Refugees”.
In question: a law promulgated in January by Cyril Ramaphosa, who, according to it,“Exproprish land in the public interest for various reasons aimed at, among other things, to promote inclusiveness and access to natural resources”. If they are not appointed, it is the white farmers who are targeted by this reform, according to its detractors.
In general, the situation of white farmers is a burning subject in South Africa. Each year, several deadly attacks against farms are identified, in a tense political context, 35 years after the end of apartheid.
