South Africa Withdraws Expropriation of White-Owned Farms Bill After Trump Tweet

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For the past 10 years, GR has reported on the systematic racism and dehumanization of whites in South Africa. To speak of such things was heresy. And yet here we are —

South Africa has made the news in recent weeks for its ruling party’s determination to strip farm land from white owners.

The White House has finally weighed in on the matter and President Donald Trump told Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to study the farm seizures.

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And now, largely because of the U.S. scrutiny, the ruling ANC party has withdrawn its plans to “redistribute” — i.e., seize and steal — farm land from whites.

The Daily Mail has more:

South Africa has withdrawn its white farmland redistribution bill – six days after Donald Trump warned he was closely studying the situation.

The ruling African National Congress (ANC) said the bill passed by parliament in 2016 enabling the state to make compulsory purchases of land to redress racial disparities in land ownership needed further consideration.

It comes after Trump criticised the country’s land reform plans in a tweet that touched on the overwhelmingly white ownership of farmland in South Africa – one of the most sensitive issues in the country’s post-apartheid history.

‘I have asked Secretary of State… (Mike) Pompeo to closely study the South Africa land and farm seizures and expropriations and the large scale killing of farmers,’ tweeted Trump to his 54 million followers.

His tweet apparently followed a segment on conservative Fox News about Pretoria’s plan to change the constitution to speed up expropriation of land without compensation to redress racial imbalances in land ownership.

‘South African Government is now seizing land from white farmers’,’ said Trump’s post, which tagged the show’s host, Tucker Carlson, as well as the channel.

The country is in the middle of a racially charged debate over land reform, a lawful process that seeks to correct the legacy of decades of white-minority rule that stripped blacks of their land.

According to President Cyril Ramaphosa, who himself farms cattle on a 5,100 hectare ranch, the white community that makes up eight percent of the population ‘possess 72 percent of farms’.

In contrast, ‘only four percent’ of farms are in the hands of black people who make up four-fifths of the population.

The stark disparity stems from purchases and seizures during the colonial era that were then enshrined in law during apartheid.

South Africa’s government reacted angrily to Trump’s tweet with officials telling their American counterparts the comments were ‘alarmist, false, inaccurate and misinformed’.

In July, Ramaphosa said the ruling African National Congress party would amend the constitution so the state could start to expropriate land without compensation to speed up the process of land redistribution, but that has not yet happened and no land has been seized.

A fringe group of the white minority claims land reform will inspire violent attacks, though experts say farm attacks reflect the country’s generally high crime rate and are on the decline.

Claims of ‘genocide’ against white South Africans, however, have been picked up by some white nationalists in the U.S., and leaders of a right-wing South African group traveled to the U.S. in May to lobby officials about the alleged targeting of white farmers.

Trump’s tweet was quickly lambasted by many in South Africa, with one top ruling party official, Zizi Kodwa, telling the Associated Press that Trump has never experienced apartheid and doesn’t know its legacy of stark inequality.

Later on Thursday, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the administration’s position was that land expropriation without compensation ‘would risk sending South Africa down the wrong path.’

Nauert toned down Trump’s language suggesting that massive land seizures were underway and did not repeat the president’s suggestion that large numbers of white South African farmers had been killed.

Trump’s tweet did find support among some South Africans, while some farmers spoke out about their security concerns.

‘We try very hard not to go and live in a walled security area somewhere, but it costs a lot of money in the first place to have the necessary security,’ said Leon Sholtz, a farmer in Broederstroom in North West province.

‘It is fact that we have lost four of our neighbors in the last 10 to 12 years due to farm murders. … I think it is something that the government should look into and try and stop as soon as possible.’

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Suresh
Suresh
5 years ago

Its typical communist/marxist/socialist attitude , confiscate property of rich and give it for free to “poor” including the political elites. Zimbabwe did it and now are facing starvation !

Left/Liberals can only destroy countries like this Left/Liberal utopia http://tinyurl.com/yavxfl4m

…where its Gun Free , govt terrorises citizens and they hunt cats and dogs for food !

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago
Reply to  Suresh

They’d like to do that here with reparations. Heck, their ancient ancestors had the option of going to LIBERIA or staying here. BLAME THEM FOR STAYING HERE and move on. Today whites are discriminated.

Michelle
Michelle
5 years ago

it wont stop the killing. The MSM will just ignore it. but had Obama or Clinton been around it would be full speed ahead as all three are in bed with such as the ANC.

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago
Reply to  Michelle

I agree. I think the natives there will quietly slaughter them and take their land.
Oh God! Can you possibly imagine life under Hillary as President. It literally frightens me..
Encoruage people to vote R for the midterms no matter how disgusting the R is. I know, some are very infuriating but DEMS will try the impeachment crap whereas the R’s won’t have the courage to do it alone.

anon
anon
5 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Diversity’ means no White Countries
Diversity’ means no White Cities
Diversity’ means no White Neighborhoods

Open borders is imposed on Whites only
Open borders is the real White ‘privilege’

Its Anti White
Its Geno cide

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago
Reply to  anon

It’s too bad for them. If they continue and are successful with this they will have hell on earth. Just look at Africa. Look at non white countries for what to expect.

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago

Thank God for Trump – he truly is trying as the swamp bucks him. Give him some slack.

scotfahey
scotfahey
5 years ago

Farming is hard work. the land will not work itself. The care of cattle can make for long days. Planting crops is as much art as it is a science. simply killing farmers , will lead only to starvation, and no help

Halal Bacon
Halal Bacon
5 years ago

please quote me on this, everything got fawked up when they put a white crayon in the box

http://www.storyofthislife.com/blog//the-white-crayon

Nella
Nella
5 years ago

Headline “South Africa withdraws Expropriation of white owned farms” is FALSE. The ANC and EFF are going full steam ahead, absolutely determined to rid South Africa of all whites. Look up Julius Malema, EFF leader, and then you will know the truth.

InfidelCrusader
InfidelCrusader
5 years ago
Reply to  Nella

They’re just going to lay low for a while until the furor dies down. In the meantime, white farmers will continue to be murdered and whites in general treated like pariahs in the country that they built.

Brother Ashanti
Brother Ashanti
5 years ago

President Trump is a true world leader. This tweet prevented the ruin and deaths of thousands. People of South Africa are indebted to Our President.

az
az
5 years ago

I guess they didn’t learn the lessons from that terrorist Mugabe and how he single handedly ruined a country.
South African racists are trying to turn the most developed Country in Africa into Zimbabwe part II, because that turned out very well….

GRA
GRA
5 years ago

The USA needs to accept all white South Africans in as refugees. They are the only ones that really qualify for refugee status these days.

Stephen Honig
Stephen Honig
5 years ago

Obama instigated the S. African’s to hate whitey and they listened to him. I hope Trump put economic pressure on S. Africa to stop white hatred and killing of white farmers.

Mike Kevins
Mike Kevins
5 years ago

They would have been able to get away with this under mobama. South Africa will soon be another Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, a total disaster.

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