Posted on 05/25/2025 10:57:40 AM PDT by John Semmens
This week, President Trump lambasted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa over the way his country is treating its farmers. The incident arose after Trump had granted refugee status to 59 white South African farmers who claim they are being discriminated against and threatened with expropriation of their property by the government and murder by anti-white racists.
Ramaphosa tried to explain that "my country has passed a law legalizing the seizure of land for public purposes just like your country allows for land to be taken from owners to fulfill public purposes. How can you be outraged over it?"
Trump pointed out that "in our country we pay just compensation to the owners of the property taken for public use. Your law denies them compensation."
"The decision to deny compensation was arrived at through a democratic process," Ramaphosa insisted. "For generations under the apartheid regime whites were given privileges by the white government. All we are doing now is removing those privileges. Eventually, we hope to see these farms run by Black farmers."
Trump then showed a video of South African politician Julius Malema, leader of the radical Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Party, leading a crowd chanting "Kill the Boer!"and "Kill the farmer!"
"Malema is the leader of a minority Party," Ramaphosa said. "He doesn't speak for the government."
African National Congress Spokesperson, Mahlengi Bhengu, tried to clarify the government's position, saying "if international investors want to invest in South Africa, but want secure property rights and no racialist criteria, they can take their money elsewhere."
Here is a documentary on the topic that looks interesting.
Farmlands (2018)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_bDc7FfItk
Taking the land away from the People that feed them is Suicide
Don’t expect logic or forethought when tribalism comes into play.
“Taking the land away from the People that feed them is Suicide”
Darn.
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