Relations between the US and South Africa have reached a new low after the Trump administration granted refugee status to white Afrikaners, claiming they face persecution and “genocide” back home. This has been met with strong condemnation from the South African government, which has labelled the move as “Apartheid 2.0.” This diplomatic friction comes amid a backdrop of rising tensions over South African policies aimed at reversing the legacy of apartheid, such as land redistribution and policies promoting black business ownership. The US has imposed a 30% tariff on South African goods and expelled its ambassador. Trump recently used a video of South African opposition leader Julius Malema singing an anti-apartheid song to back his claims. Months after the dramatic Oval Office meeting between Trump and Ramaphosa, a South African court has found Malema guilty of hate speech for his remarks at a 2022 rally.
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He is however against any black person fleeing gang violence in Haiti or Palestinians seeking refuge in the US
This is a joke!!!! South African genocide like give me a freaking break?!?!?!?!?
If you go watch that video that Trump showed, you will see that is not only Malema singing the song. There is a clip where the previous President Jacob Zuma sings a similar song, inciting violence against whites. And it's working for them; according to Wikipedia 806 farm murders, has occurred between 2010 and 2023.
In stead of your race hustler propaganda, why don't you show the world how the ANC government is destroying this country. It's really not hard to do. Even pretend journalists like Firstpost should be able to do that.
South Africa’s global image is under scrutiny following the ICJ case against Israel. At Israel’s request via diplomatic channels, cracks in our society are being exploited to punish and pressure a country with a relatively clean human-rights record: extremist voices (both Black and white) are amplified to fracture unity, narratives are fabricated and revisionism widens the rifts, and a so-called “white genocide” is conjured from thin air to deepen divisions.
The transformation laws we copied from other markets (including the USA), which the current administration attacks as “evil DEI,” are now dismissed as “racial laws in South Africa designed to punish Afrikaners”; admittedly, some politicians have exploited these laws maliciously, making them easy targets. A rational world would offer a helping hand to tackle crime, yet our high crime rate is misrepresented as government-sanctioned attacks on Afrikaners despite statistics proving otherwise. These laws aim to support previously disadvantaged communities (African, Indian, Coloured), women of all races and people with disabilities, and prohibit unfair discrimination on grounds including sexual orientation.
Interesting how we hate realistic, pragmatic, moderate people now. The middle stays quiet while extremists dominate.
If you speak up and you're Black, extreme Black people call you a sellout, clever Black, Uncle Tom, or 'good k*ffir'… and extreme white people call you a naive token or useful idiot.
If you speak up and you're white, extreme Black people call you a racist, settler, or colonizer… and extreme white people call you a traitor, liberal puppet, or self-hating Boer.
Most people just want a stable country to work and raise their kids—but they're too afraid to say anything
I don't think Afrikaners understand what the word genocide means, if they did they wouldn't be using it,
anyway hopefully the court ruling will humble up Malema 😅 he really thought he is untouchable
South Africa will never be bullied by anyone, we stand with the Palestinian people and we know we being bullied because of our stance
Not only whites liars . All minority groups in SA . You spreading of a information
It is not just for white people. The refugee program is for all minorities. White, colored, Indian. Because the minorities are being discriminated against us. Get your facts right. The majority in SA are the only group that are accepted here in SA.
all the Israelis are occupying south Africa ( Cape Town ) as we speak
Tons of love and respect for Malema. Hate speech is what donald is most known for, as are his allies. The resumes of these two men speak for themselves. Malema wants fairness for Africa, and the racist do not. We need more men like Malema in the US. The leaders here are laying down for a greedy coward, who has never displayed true character in his entire televised life. The quieter it gets over here, the worse it gets.
Jealousy makes you nasty 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Apartheid was milder than what trumps doing. They had segregation but got to stay in the same country.
In these comments I only see ignorance and additude that will cause the failure of South Africa just like it's neighbour Zimbabwe. The question I have for all off you where are YOU going to run to when it does fail
South Africa is only being punished for the ICC case against Israel and the Alignment with BRICS.. Thats it..
Yes malema eff and the DA is a cancer in south Africa
White genocide…😂😂😂😂😂
The ANC have been commiting genocide silently for over 31 yrs. The ANC has discriminated against white people, the ANC have also been committing international terrorism, South Africa ANC have been looting the tax payers money while Africans suffer and all its people suffer, they can’t keep the lights on, rail collapse, and all government enterties have collapsed. Arrest all ANC ministers and give them the death sentence
Why is the anc fighting for white ppl in South Africa to stay anc needs to go such idiots
All white business in south Africa should leave they don't respect whites every day they get killed by Black's so live them look at angola in 50 year back to chet country and south Africa going to same way
Proverbs 21:6 says that a lying tongue is a characteristic of them that seek death. Revelation 21:8 says that all liars shall have their part in the second death (in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone).
First post, why do you produce incorrect fake news?
Well you don't want boer farmers and threatened them and don't want them to live in SA that are one of the best Agricultural farmers in the world…America needs farmers with that experience of farming giving them jobs and safety for the Boers… Hey it's actually helping unwanted and hated farmers… South África will have to produce it's own food with I don't know what not even tractors or trucks or water system for water for agriculture. Eiishhh
MALEMA 👎👎👎 RAMAPOSHA 👎👎👎
THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY as well as THE PLO are deied visas to the UN MEETING They are terrorist FUNDERS and terrorist EDUCATORS so they ought to be treated AS THREATS TO WESTERN DEMOCRACIES ! AND…….SOUTH AFRICA can't go either !
The other minorities in SA , ARE NOT Farmers but they have been invited as well, if they are fearful of their lives being threatened !
Slams his genocide in gaza also
You racists better go do research how the 49 refugees😂😂😂 live in the usa. Trump waited for farmers that got driven from their farms instead he got e.g a carguard and wanna be rapper. They gave a SHIT LIFE IN USA😂😂😂😂 AND CANT COME BACK CAUSE THEN THEY MUST ADMIT THEY LIED. They left SA for a place where you work 3 jobs but live in a tent or car cause cant affird rent. Im happy and my family also thank you and trump hate our BLACK LEADER AND THE FACT HE DONT WASTE MONEY ON GENOCIDE AND WARS OR BALLROOMS.
I used to think First Post was one of the only news platforms that just stated news and not spew propaganda. I am WRONG, first post is as bad as CNN, ABC, CSNBC, E-News.
The corpus of this page contains the formal statements of the US GOVERNMENT. If I am not mistaken I am reading that is for all minority communities?
https://za.usembassy.gov/refugee-admissions-program-for-south-africans/
The tariffs is great!
Fake bullshit news as usual!
Malema failed at carpentry. Malema hates every non-black person in South America.
:38 seconds into this and she has already spread several misinformation talking points. Propaganda or VERY lazy commentator.
Now that whites are leaving Malema finally gets Found guilty. Don't be fooled people. They don't need us. Let's go. They will need us again. Just like Zimbabwe now welcoming whites back. #hunger
USA won't talk to Sa until bee etc is removed as it's against human rights simple