ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has dismissed claims of a “white genocide” in South Africa.
In recent weeks, these claims have gained traction, prompting South African-born billionaire Elon Musk to post about the media’s silence on what he describes as a genocide occurring in his country of birth. His ally, Donald Trump, has responded by signing an executive order to freeze assistance to South Africa due to concerns over the Expropriation Bill, which was passed at the end of January.
This past weekend, Mbalula emphasised that relations between South Africa and the USA should not deteriorate based on lies [white genocide] propagated by a group of falsehoods.
“We don’t know what Trump’s administration wants from South Africans except what we know in the public domain as the madness of AfriForum. Which you as South Africans know is a lie [genocide claims]; it’s an unfounded fabrication and that’s all we know. Trump’s administration seems to be convinced…saying we are on the watchlist because we are doing horrible things and we are being addressed on X on these matters,” Mbalula said.
Fikile Mbalula dismiss white genocide claims
The ANC leader said South Africa should sit down with US President Donald Trump to discuss Expropriation Bill.
“If Donald Trump, as the president of America, and his administration can sit with South Africa to understand where this act comes from and open diplomatic channels, he will understand. But for them to act as policemen over us is nothing else but neocolonialism,” Mbalula said.
He further said South Africa is against attempts to take away the freedoms “we fought hard for as a nation”
“South Africans can attest, the notion of so-called genocide is a fallacy that we dismiss with the contempt it deserves,” Mbalula added.
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