“Kill the Boer” now being fought internationally – AfriForum & Saai
The civil rights organisation AfriForum and the Southern African Agri Initiative (Saai) announced during a media conference today that these organisations will continue the fight against the “Kill the Boer” chant internationally by now officially requesting countries worldwide to impose targeted sanctions against Julius Malema, leader of the EFF. These organisations have also launched a […]
Our children are not safe: Inside South Africa’s school violence crisis
“Children learn from what they see in their homes and society.” That is how clinical and sports psychologist Dr Keitumetse “Tumi” Mashego explains the surge of violence tearing through South African schools. “We are an anxious, violent, stressed and wounded nation,” said Clinical and sports psychologist Dr Keitumetse “Tumi” Mashego. Brutal incidents are emerging across KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, the […]
Another major international company quitting South Africa
Global media analytics and data group Nielsen has given it notice that it plans to exit South Africa within the next 12 months. Nielsen is a global leader in audience measurement, data and analytics and provides services for a host of local industries, including providing data for the Broadcast Research Council (BRC) of South Africa’s Television […]
US gives priority refugee status to 1 000 Afrikaners
The US administration, led by President Donald Trump, plans to welcome 1 000 Afrikaner “refugees” this year through its resettlement programme. This follows the approval of asylum for two groups of white South Africans who cited “fear of persecution” and “racial discrimination” in their home country. Earlier this year, in a controversial decision, Trump also indefinitely stopped […]
South Africa seeks extension of Trump tariff deadline to pursue trade deal
JOHANNESBURG, July 1 (Reuters) – South Africa has asked for more time to negotiate a trade deal with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration before his higher tariff regime goes into effect on July 9, Pretoria’s trade ministry said on Tuesday. Trump imposed a 31% tax on U.S. imports from South Africa in April as part of […]
Trump Ambushes South African President With Video of False Claims: What to Know
A visit by President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa to the White House took a contentious turn on Wednesday as President Trump showed him videos intended to back up Mr. Trump’s false claim that there have been mass killings of Afrikaners, a white ethnic minority that once led the nation’s apartheid government. Sam BusaURL
Trump alleges ‘genocide’ in South Africa. White Afrikaner farmers reject that
The fast-tracking of the Afrikaners’ refugee applications has raised questions about a system where many seeking asylum in the U.S. can languish for years, waiting. The State Department has not made details of the process public, but one person who has applied to be resettled told the AP the online application process was “rigorous.” Katia […]
Second chance for Amerikaner ‘refugees’
The granting of refugee status to a small group of white Afrikaners by the US – an offer that has been extended to include members of other racial minorities who can credibly demonstrate that they are being discriminated against – will have profoundly negative implications for SA. It puts the ANC-led government in a quandary […]
South Africans laugh at Donald Trump’s ‘folly’ over taking in Afrikaner ‘refugees’
Forty-nine Afrikaners departed South Africa for the United States on Sunday, May 11. U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly said that this group was fleeing racial persecution in the country and would welcome them into the US with open arms. This unprecedented process, however, has seen some South Africans in disbelief over Trump’s ‘folly’. Sam BusaURL
Elon Musk’s War With South Africa, Where Apartheid Scars Run Deep
South Africa has found itself at the unlikely center of an American political firestorm, Elon Musk, who grew up there during apartheid, weighing in repeatedly. Last week, America welcomed the first group of South African Afrikaans refugees to the country, a move which has proved contentious. Some dispute the validity of their refugee status and […]