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This government is allowing a certain section of the population to be targeted,
said AfriForum's Kriel, who thanked Trump for raising the case of Afrikaners We have to state categorically: We don’t want to move elsewhere."
At the same news conference, Kallie Kriel, the CEO of the Afrikaner lobby group AfriForum, said It is ironic that the executive order makes provision for refugee status in the US for a group in South Africa that remains amongst the most economically privileged, while vulnerable people in the US from other parts of the world are being deported and denied asylum despite real hardship,
the foreign ministry added in a statement Saturday It is the policy of the United States that, as long as South Africa continues these unjust and immoral practices that harm our Nation, the United States shall not provide aid or assistance to South Africa; and the United States shall promote the resettlement of Afrikaner refugees escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination, including racially discriminatory property confiscation,
It is disappointing to observe that such narratives seem to have found favour among decision-makers in the United States of America,
We are witnessing the rise of nationalism, protectionism, the pursuit of narrow interests and the decline of common cause,
It is of great concern that the foundational premise of this order lacks factual accuracy and fails to recognize South Africa's profound and painful history of colonialism and apartheid."
Should we expect wine estates or safari reserves to be evacuated?"
We are concerned by what seems to be a campaign of misinformation and propaganda aimed at misrepresenting our great nation,
We want to also show appreciation to President Trump … for recognising and identifying the discrimination that Afrikaners are experiencing through racial legislation … through threats to property rights, ... We became a people here, we are Indigenous people in this country and we are going nowhere.”
Kriel told a press conference, adding This is indeed a crisis,
said Kallie Kriel, the CEO of Afriforum, which describes itself as a civil rights group for Afrikaners, but has been accused of racism In addition, South Africa has taken aggressive positions towards the United States and its allies, including accusing Israel, not Hamas, of genocide in the international court of justice, and reinvigorating its relations with Iran to develop commercial, military, and nuclear arrangements.”
The United States cannot support the government of South Africa’s commission of rights violations in its country or its undermining United States foreign policy, which poses national security threats to our Nation, our allies, our African partners, and our interests,
the US president said in the order We look forward to engaging with the Trump administration over our land reform policy and issues of bilateral interest,
according to the statement As long as South Africa continues to support bad actors on the world stage and allows violent attacks on innocent disfavored minority farmers, the United States will stop aid and assistance to the country,
the White House said in a summary of the order He (Trump) should have actually come from America to South Africa to try and see what was happening for himself and not just take the word of an Elon Musk, who hasn’t lived in this country for the longest of time, who doesn’t even relate to South Africans,
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