At a weekly press conference, President Ramaphosa touched upon the allegations that “the territory of the white minority has been seized and persecuted”, which caused the US to impose sanctions by cutting financial aid to South Africa.
Stating that the South Africans should not be allowed to be dropped to each other, Ramaphosa said, “We must oppose the wrong narrative that our country is a place where people belonging to a certain race or culture have become the target of cruelty,” Ramaphosa said.
US claim to persecution and sanctions
US President Donald Trump claims that the whites, which make up more than 8 percent of South Africa’s 63 million population of 63 million, have suffered racial discrimination by the government led by blacks “.
Most of the white society is the Afrikaner ethnic group, the grandchildren of Dutch farmers who came here centuries ago.
In a statement made by the White House on February 7, South Africa’s “Toprak Expropriation Law of 2024”, the International Court of Justice against Israel (UAD) opened the “genocide” case and “close relations” decision with Iran, the decision to end the aid for this country was taken.
Trump also raised citizenship to “White South African farmers”, claiming that the South African administration was bad.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on March 15, announced that South Africa’s Ambassador to US Ambassador Ebrahim Rasol was declared “unwanted”.
Rasol, who accused Trump of pioneering the “white superior movement” in his country and in the world, said in his first statement when he returned to his country, the declaration of an unwanted person by the United States was a “roster of honor” for him.
The US Embassy in Pretoria announced last week, the White House’s plan to re -place members of the White Minority group in South Africa, announced that more than 67,000 people who are interested in refugee status in the United States were taken. (AA)