South Africa Reports

🇺🇸🇿🇦 President Trump announces a 30% reciprocal tariff on South Africa "A lot of bad things are happening in South Africa."

🇿🇦🇺🇸 South Africa seeks US talks as carmakers face 25% tariff hit SA vehicles currently enjoy duty-free access to the world’s biggest economy because of a preferential trade pact, but the new taxes will override that, which could have a ‘potential negative effect on the South African economy,’ the DTIC said. https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/south-africa/south-africa-seeks-us-talks-as-carmakers-face-25-tariff-hit/

🇺🇸🇿🇦 ‘Mission South Africa’: How Trump Is Offering White Afrikaners Refugee Status The Trump administration has thrown open the doors to white Afrikaners from South Africa, establishing a program called “Mission South Africa” to help them come to the United States as refugees, according to documents obtained by The New York Times. Under Phase One of the program, the United States has deployed multiple teams to convert commercial office space in Pretoria, the capital of South Africa, into ad hoc refugee centers, according to the documents. The teams are studying more than 8,200 requests expressing interest in resettling to the United States and have already identified 100 Afrikaners who could be approved for refugee status. The government officials have been directed to focus particularly on screening white Afrikaner farmers. By mid-April, U.S. officials on the ground in South Africa will “propose long-term solutions, to ensure the successful implementation of the president’s vision for the dignified resettlement of eligible Afrikaner applicants,” according to one memo sent from the embassy in Pretoria to the State Department in Washington this month. The administration’s focus on white Afrikaners comes as it effectively bans the entry of other refugees — including about 20,000 people from countries like Afghanistan, Congo and Syria who were ready to travel to the United States before Mr. Trump took office. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/us/politics/trump-south-africa-white-afrikaners-refugee.html https://archive.is/wJoj2

🟧 AfriForum instructs its legal team to fight “Kill the Boer” internationally According to Kallie Kriel, CEO of AfriForum, the internationalisation of the fight against calls for violence against Afrikaners and farmers, as demonstrated by the chanting of “Kill the Boer”, is a next logical step, given the clear lack of protection of Afrikaner human rights by the Constitutional Court and the South African Constitution. The chant has already attracted international attention this past week after the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, expressed his dissatisfaction with it. He said on X on Monday that “‘Kill the Boer’ is a chant that incites violence” and that “South Africa’s leaders and politicians must take action to protect Afrikaners and other disfavoured minorities”. “This internationalisation will involve more than just taking legal action. It will also include an intensified effort to draw the attention of international authorities and opinion leaders to the fact that according to South African courts, it is acceptable to encourage the murder of Afrikaners and farmers, while President Cyril Ramaphosa and his government refuse to condemn these calls for violence,” says Kriel. https://www.artikels.afriforum.co.za/en/afriforum-instructs-its-legal-team-to-fight-kill-the-boer-internationally/

🇺🇸❌🇿🇦 BREAKING: The U.S. has expelled South Africa’s military attaché, Brig. Gen. Richard Maponyane. This comes only two weeks after the United States ousted South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool. Tensions rise as sanctions on ANC leaders loom, signaling a major diplomatic rift between Washington and Pretoria.

🇿🇦 Politicsweb on X: It may appear shocking to foreigners that South Africa's highest court would effectively greenlight murderous chants like 'kill the Boer' and 'shoot the Boer'. But given that the ConCourt was always a political court - designed by the ANC to sit on top of the existing judiciary - and it was once deliberate ANC policy to incite the "young lions" to go out and attack farmers, perhaps not wholly surprising. That incitement resulted in some truly horrific murders - usually of elderly people, living isolated lives on the land - of a type that would later become very familiar to South African farming communities. 📎 Politicsweb

🇿🇦🏛 SA Constitutional Court backs "Kill the Boer" Chant The South African Constitutional Court denied AfriForum's application to appeal prior rulings that determined the "Kill the Boer" chant does not constitute hate speech. The decision upholds judgments from the Equality Court and the Supreme Court of Appeal which found the chant is not hate speech and not a call to violence. The court concluded that AfriForum’s appeal lacked reasonable prospects of success and refused the matter without hearing a single argument. This ruling comes mere days after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the anti-white chant "Kill the Boer" incites violence. Rubio’s statement, which came only a few days after Julius Malema sang the song on Human Rights Day, criticized South African leaders for not protecting Afrikaners and other minorities, offering U.S. support for those facing threats.

🇿🇦 The South African government admits that it wants to expropriate ANY type of property, not just farms. Under the new Expropriation Act, the government can legally take anything you own, including your vehicle, personal belongings, and financial assets. 📎 GovernmentZA

📝 Peter Mokaba was a radical communist member of the ANC who incited violence against whites. Revered by Nelson Mandela as a hero, he was known for popularizing the "Kill the Boer" chant and denying the existence of AIDS. He died in 2002 at the age of 43 - most likely due to AIDS.

🇺🇸🔶 The New York Young Republican Club on X: "Regular New Yorkers obviously have a wider range of interests than weird boomers like you have. Shouldn’t be surprising that they’d rather attend our event than listen to a washed-up radio host rambling about his wine preferences (or lack thereof…). Aren’t you posting from a 98.24% white town, Littleberrys?" 📎 NYYRC

🇺🇸🇿🇦 US President Donald Trump’s administration has nominated Leo Brent Bozell III, a conservative activist and writer, to be the country’s ambassador to South Africa. https://www.congress.gov/nomination/119th-congress/55/10?s=1&r=41

🇺🇸🇿🇦 US ‘may sanction South African politicians’ for first time since apartheid The United States is considering introducing targeted sanctions on South African political figures for the first time since the apartheid era, according to an ally of President Trump who is tipped to be the next ambassador to South Africa. Joel Pollak confirmed that action against political figures with links to corruption or policies viewed as hostile to US interests was being deliberated in Washington. “It’s something that could happen,” Pollak told The Times, as relations between the two capitals soured to their lowest point since diplomatic ties were restored after the end of white minority rule. https://archive.is/BNnZs https://www.thetimes.com/world/africa/article/us-may-sanction-south-african-politicians-for-first-time-since-apartheid-bz9r3l6v6

🇺🇸🇿🇦 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio: "“Kill the Boer” is a chant that incites violence. South Africa’s leaders and politicians must take action to protect Afrikaner and other disfavored minorities. The United States is proud to offer those individuals who qualify for admission to our nation amid this continued horrible threat of violence." 📎 SecRubio

🇺🇸🔶 Orania on Facebook: "This is our first official public feedback from the United States. The Orania Representative Council and the Orania Movement are currently visiting the USA. Dr Ernst Roets has also joined the group as an advisor and facilitator. We can now give the following feedback to our friends, supporters and all who contributed to our outreach tour. We had a fruitful meeting with officials upon invitation and discussed substantive matters in depth. Agreements as well as differences came to light and much further clarification and persuasion is needed. The channel for this has been opened. There are specific matters that we have placed in their midst and for which we are now awaiting feedback. The delegation aims to promote outreach and Orania’s goals. While Orania’s leadership and people realize that the old tried and tested recipe is to build freedom, brick by brick, institution by institution and through the handiwork of our people, there are many reasons why such a visit is now extremely important. Firstly, and probably most obvious, is the fact that the world is talking about Afrikaners - this is a golden opportunity to present our case as a solution for Afrikaners, and for other conservative communities around the world. Orania must now explain our solution to all who will listen, the time is now! Secondly, there is the matter of Afrikaners' relationship with America. Whether it is the thousands of young Afrikaners working in the USA or the huge group of Afrikaners who are already interested in resettling in the USA. What does the USA offer to Afrikaners that is attractive? It is extremely important to know how our people think and what is important to them. Orania's leadership must devise the long-term vision of concentrated area settlement in the Northern Cape, and then Orania must be able to offer certain competitive advantages to Afrikaners to make it a preferred destination. Thirdly, Orania's people must connect with members, supporters and others in the USA. There are more conservative Americans in some states in the USA than the total population of Afrikaners, and therefore it is also support and friendships that must be exploited. Fourthly, there are dynamic, young, active leaders emerging in the USA who are sympathetic to Orania's cause. The influential NYYRC (New York Young Republicans Club), invited Orania Movement to act as speakers at an event specifically arranged for this purpose. Finally, it is also important to mention that the Orania Movement and Orania Representative Council do not want to make a spectacle of all our contacts. It is important to conclude some of our appointments first, and also to respect our hosts before we give public feedback. Respect is a critically important aspect when contacts are made, and new bonds are formed. We are grateful that our supporters trust us with this. A deep and sincere word of thanks for so many messages of support, prayers, encouragement and the tangible camp of support that our people have formed. It is incredible how much we have been supported, both financially and practically. Know that every member, every supporter and every Oranian who has helped us in this way is truly valuable to us. SOLI DEO GLORIA" 📎 Orania

📝 Robert Duigan writes on X: "What they don't understand is that human rights are for humans And in Ubuntu, if you aren't in the tribe, you aren't human" 📎 Robert Duigan

🌇 An informal township spreads across open land in Johannesburg. South Africa 📎 Jozi vs Jozi

🇿🇦🛬 The South African Air Force only has 6 operable aircraft out of 330 @SouthAfricaReports

Well then. The USA can clearly see that the supporters of the ANC are openly hostile towards it. A BIG ''thank you'' from the ANC seniors for the help the USA gave to them for forcing the old regime to capitulate. Do-gooder Westerners can't fathom the hatred their charity inspired. It's seen as a weakness by the Global South.

🇿🇦🇺🇸 Joost Strydom writes: "Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool receives a "hero's welcome" after arriving in South Africa. Rasool had previously posted his arrival times on Elon Musk's platform X so supporters would know exactly what time he would land. The ANC, in an attempt to salvage deteriorating relations with the US, has pleaded with supporters to be careful how they welcome Rasool." 📎 Joost Strydom