FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators hold placards in support of U.S. President Donald Trump's stance against what he calls racist laws, land expropriation, and farm attacks, outside the American Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, February 15, 2025. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni stated that the departure of 49 white Afrikaners for resettlement in the United States does not pose a threat to South Africa’s security and sovereignty. This group’s departure coincides with US President Donald Trump’s accusation that South Africa is committing genocide against Afrikaners. South Africa has firmly denied this allegation.
Answering oral questions in the National Council of Provinces yesterday, Ntshavheni said, “I’m sure members will be tempted to say that the 49 people who moved from being citizens to become refugees are a threat to national sovereignty. It’s not a threat to national sovereignty. It’s not a threat to national unity.”
“We must continue to applaud the Afrikaner and white community that has said, not in our name, there is no genocide of white people in South Africa,” added Ntshavheni.
