Cape Town – AfriForum has rejected President Cyril Ramaphosa’s claim that its visit to the Trump administration sowed division, arguing that the government ignores Afrikaner concerns.
CEO Kallie Kriel accused Ramaphosa of undermining Afrikaner rights through policies like the Expropriation Act and the Bela Act.
“It is ironic that President Ramaphosa is now falsely accusing AfriForum of spreading divisions in the country, while in fact it is President Ramaphosa and ANC leaders that are dividing the country.
“It is Ramaphosa who signed the anti-Afrikaans Bela Act – an act that threatens the cultural existence of Afrikaans-speaking cultural communities. It is also Ramaphosa who signed the Expropriation Act. It is he who refuses to condemn slogans such as ‘Kill the Boer’ and it is the same president who denies the existence of farm murders,” said Kriel.
.@PresidencyZA Ramaphosa falsely accuses @afriforum of sowing division, while in reality, it is he and the ANC’s leaders who are fostering division—among other things, by signing the Expropriation Act and the BELA Act, which threaten Afrikaans schools and, consequently, our… pic.twitter.com/mJpWy4nCux
— Kallie Kriel (@kalliekriel) February 27, 2025
He added: “It is President Ramaphosa that openly refuses to engage with us.“We will not be deterred. We will simply continue to fight for the interests of the country, and we will also fight unashamedly for the interests of Afrikaners. These statements only motivate us more to get our message out loud and clear. We are not going to be silenced by the so-called ‘cancel culture’ and we look forward to the future.”
The group, alongside Solidarity, submitted a “Washington Memorandum” requesting US humanitarian aid for Afrikaner communities.
They also urged Trump to pressure SA on farm murders and policies they claim discriminate by race.
Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni on Thursday dismissed AfriForum’s efforts.
Speaking during a media briefing in Parliament on Thursday, Ntshavheni criticised their actions, saying that not all Afrikaners support them and reaffirming the government’s diplomatic efforts with the US, particularly regarding trade agreements like AGOA.
“I don’t know why they continue to go and peddle lies.
“If they don’t like South Africa so much, if they don’t like the efforts of [the] government to redress the inequalities of the past, why don’t they take up President Trump on his offer to resettle in the United States?”
[WATCH] Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni responds to AfriForum:
“If they don’t like South Africa so much, why don’t they take President Trump on his offer to resettle in the United States?” She criticizes the spread of lies about SA.
[📽️: SABC]
[Read]https://t.co/Ihpo0JtRzY pic.twitter.com/7kkpguw33f— THE TRUTH PANTHER 🇿🇦 (@TheTruthPanther) February 27, 2025
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
