The South Africa Issue Goes Mainstream
Gregory Hood, American Renaissance, February 6, 2025
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The white tribes of Africa are the harbinger for our future. The former nations of Rhodesia and South Africa were thriving examples of what our people can do in difficult circumstances. As a result, they endured the hatred of the world, including blocs headed by both the United States and the Soviet Union.
Both countries are now destroyed. The warnings of the critics were utterly vindicated. “Zimbabwe” is a ruin, South Africa is a slow-motion disaster. The protesters, do-gooders, preachers, journalists, and others who washed away these countries in blood seem to be indifferent to their suffering.
The issue is finally moving into the mainstream, largely because of President Donald Trump and South African expatriate Elon Musk.
South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY. It is a bad situation that the Radical Left Media doesn’t want to so much as mention. A massive Human Rights VIOLATION, at a minimum, is happening for all to see. The United States won’t stand…
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) February 2, 2025
Mr. Trump said he was ending aid to South Africa because it is “treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY” and “confiscating land.” He touched on this during his first term, but didn’t follow up. This time could be different.
Elon Musk is generally quiet about South Africa and talks more about Europe, but he finally said something about his homeland.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 4, 2025
“South Africa is a constitutional democracy that is deeply rooted in the rule of law, justice and equality,” South African President Cyril Ramaphosa posted in response. “The South African government has not confiscated any land.” This is misleading. Mr. Ramaphosa signed a bill this year that justifies expropriation in the name of the “nation’s commitment to land reform, and . . . equitable access to all South Africa’s natural resources.” International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola said his government would “explain” the law to Secretary of State Marco Rubio so that America would not be misled by “misinformation or propaganda.”
This is happening in the context of ferociously anti-white discrimination. Black Economic Empowerment makes it hard for whites to get jobs, and encourages kickbacks to useless black officials at big companies. Farmers can’t export if they are “too white.” Many of them probably consider themselves lucky to be alive, and they are not allowed effective self-defense. Orania is a bright spot for the Boers, but the new law could let the government come for that, too.
Julius Malema of the Economic Freedom Fighters gave the game away.
Bold words from Julius Malema! In response to Trump’s remarks on South Africa, the EFF leader firmly states that land expropriation without compensation will move forward—no threats will derail it. pic.twitter.com/ttyQfzbvrY
— THEE ALFA HOUSE (@thee_alfa_house) February 3, 2025
“We want to make it categorically clear to the president of the USA that we are going to expropriate land without compensation and pursue legislative measures to do so and no threat will stop us,” he said — but still claims the law is being “misinterpreted.” He added that South Africa would turn towards BRICS nations instead of the West. Some South Africans are attacking the farmers’ rights group AfriForum for publicizing land seizure, even suggesting they should be tried for treason.
As usual, the issue for progressives is not the issue itself, but the fact that people are talking about it. It’s part of the belief that with enough censorship, everyone will have “correct” views. Donald Trump’s faux pas was not that he was wrong, but that he brought up South Africa in a provocative way, instead of glossing over reality.
Withholding aid is a good first step, but Mr. Trump must go farther. It is time to take the offensive and reverse a tragic mistake. The State Department should think about supporting the Cape Province’s struggle for self-government. This could be a worthy cause for USAID. Second, the US should sanction officials like Mr. Malema who talk openly about killing whites. Mr. Malema is already a declared enemy. Third, white South Africans should get automatic refugee status because they suffer racial persecution.
What whites really deserve is a “Volkstaat” — a homeland of their own. That may be a bridge too far for Mr. Trump, who didn’t even say “white people” but instead talked about “certain classes of people.” Still, it’s a first step towards the real goal: whites’ liberation of the country they built.
