Give us the farms: Malema demands the land abandoned by Afrikaners who fled to the US

EFF LEADER, Julius Malema, has demanded the addresses of 49 Afrikaners who fled to the US, insisting their abandoned land must be reclaimed and put to better use for the benefit of South Africans.

Malema also requested a list to prove that those who left were indeed farmers, as they claimed.

“We don’t have a problem. People 'so-called farmers' left voluntarily, we are just asking for the addresses of those farms that they left. We will make a plan for them. We cannot allow for land not to be used.

“If they are real farmers, why is the media not giving us the list of the farms that were left by farmers who went to America? Nothing looked like a farmer among those people. They looked like car guards, that’s why they didn’t have the land.

“We want those farms,” Malema said.

Malema made these remarks outside the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Monday, where thousands of party supporters were embarking on a VAT victory march to the National Treasury.

The party said the march was to celebrate their efforts to end the VAT increase.

The march came a day before the tabling of a new budget. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will deliver his budget to the country on Wednesday in Parliament.

However, Malema also President Cyril Ramaphosa’s working visit to the US. He maintained that “white genocide” in the country was a deliberate lie.

Earlier this year, U.S. President Donald Trump extended refugee status to Afrikaners, citing concerns over racial persecution.

The policy was broadened to include other minority groups in South Africa who can demonstrate a documented history of persecution or a credible fear of future harm.

Since his first term, President Trump has repeatedly asserted that Afrikaner farmers are being targeted due to their race, characterising the situation as a form of “genocide” against white farmers.

The issue of farm attacks continues to evoke strong emotions in South Africa, a country grappling with high levels of violent crime.

Malema further called on the AfriForum leaders to follow the 49 Afrikaners and lead by example to show that there is genocide in the country.