Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has rejected claims of a white genocide in South Africa after President Cyril Ramaphosa met with US President Donald Trump.
The meeting aimed to ease tensions over South Africa’s stance on Israel-Palestine and controversial laws like the Expropriation Act. The meeting occurred shortly after the US granted refugee status to 49 Afrikaners, citing alleged persecution.
During the meeting, Donald played videos of Julius singing “Kill the Boer” and supporting land expropriation without compensation.
BREAKING: President Trump brings a TV into the Oval Office in front of the South African President and shows him a video of his own government calling for the genocide of white farmers.
Savage.
“Turn the lights down. Turn the lights down and just put this on.”
Cyril Ramaphosa… pic.twitter.com/wDRk76cC1x
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 21, 2025
Julius responded, calling the allegations baseless and reaffirming his political stance.
“A group of older men meet in Washington to gossip about me. No significant amount of intelligence evidence has been produced about white genocide.
“We will not agree to compromise our political principles on land expropriation without compensation for political expediency,” he said in a social media post.
A group of older men meet in Washington to gossip about me. No significant amount of intelligence evidence has been produced about white genocide. We will not agree to compromise our political principles on land expropriation without compensation for political expediency.
— Julius Sello Malema (@Julius_S_Malema) May 21, 2025
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Once again, we are vindicated. The meeting between Ramaphosa, Trump, and Johann Rupert exposes a clear agenda: using the false ‘white genocide’ narrative to push Elon Musk’s Starlink into South Africa.
Let it be clear — Starlink will not operate unless 30% is… pic.twitter.com/PDLyHBhBqp
— Economic Freedom Fighters (@EFFSouthAfrica) May 21, 2025
AfriForum CEO Kallie Kriel denied involvement in the video compilation and criticised South Africa’s courts and Cyril for not condemning the chant.
“I think President Donald himself made a compilation of all these videos, which was, of course, not our compilation,” he said during an interview with eNCA.
He added, “I think now the circumstances have been created for further discussions. From AfriForum’s side, we also want solutions. That is why we were willing to say we will discuss this with the ANC.”
[ON AIR] Afriforum’s Kallie Kriel says he can neither confirm nor deny that footage shown at the White House in Washington was from their documentary #DStv403 #SouthAfricaTonight #DStv403 pic.twitter.com/BPlDIGE6VQ
— eNCA (@eNCA) May 21, 2025
First published by African Insider
Compiled by Betha Madhomu
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