CHANT: EFF leader Julius Malema
Image: Phando Jikelo/Parliament of SA
THE US continued its cold war on South Africa as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio slammed Julius Malema for chanting "Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer".
US President Donald Trump’s SA-born ally Elon Musk took to his X social media app to post a clip of Malema leading an EFF commemoration of the Sharpeville Massacre on Human Rights Day last Friday.
This sparked Rubio to renew the US’s attack on SA on behalf of Afrikaners, who Trump claims are having their land confiscated and are the target of a genocide in Mzansi.
Trump last month suspended financial aid to South Africa and extended refugee status to Afrikaners.
Rubio wrote on X: “South Africa’s leaders and politicians must take action to protect Afrikaner and other disfavoured minorities.
“The United States is proud to offer those individuals who qualify for admission to our nation amid this continued horrible threat of violence,
“Kill the Boer” is a chant that incites violence.
“South Africa’s leaders and politicians must take action to protect Afrikaner and other disfavoured minorities.
“The United States is proud to offer those individuals who qualify for admission to our nation…"
AfriForum CEO Kallie Kriel, whose organisation has been the driving force behind the souring relationship between the US and SA, took to X to thank Trump for hearing their pleas.
He tweeted: “Thank you, President @realDonaldTrump for taking note of the irresponsible calls for violence against Afrikaners/whites - through hate chants such as “Kill the Boer, kill the farmer” - in South Africa.
“The tragic irony is that the latest incident occurred on 21 March, which is officially known as 'Human Rights Day' in South Africa.
“What makes this even worse is that this renewed call for violence against Afrikaners was not condemned by @PresidencyZA Ramaphosa, ANC leaders, or the South African @GovernmentZA. Their silence regarding this gross human rights violation is deafening.”
IOL reported on Monday that Ramaphosa urged to reject the politics of divisiveness that is emerging in many parts of the world.
He said: “In particular, we should challenge the completely false narrative that our country is a place in which people of a certain race or culture are being targeted for persecution.”
SALUTE: Elon Musk
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