South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the claim that white people are being persecuted in his country is a “completely false narrative.”

Summary

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa rejected claims by Trump and Elon Musk that whites face persecution or genocide in South Africa, calling it a “completely false narrative.”

Musk reignited the controversy by citing a rally where a far-left party chanted “Kill the Boer,” which courts previously ruled as protected speech.

Trump issued an executive order cutting US funding to South Africa and offering Afrikaners refugee status.

Ramaphosa noted that violent crime affects all races equally and condemned misinformation surrounding white farmers’ safety.

  • ToadOfHypnosis@lemm.eeEnglish
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    11 days ago

    Musk thinks white wealthy folks facing any sort of consequence for past wrongs they committed is persecution and genocide. Must be hard living in a K-hole.

    • dylanmorgan@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      11 days ago

      It’s not even that. Unused land has been taken by the government under eminent domain, and white supremacists have claimed that these actions have “stolen” land from white farmers. In reality, white landowners have been subject to eminent domain seizures at no higher a rate than black landowners.

    • johsny@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 days ago

      So just for interest sake, I am 52, and those wrongs were commited when I was little more than a boy. Should I still pay for them?

      • thatsnothowyoudoit@lemmy.caEnglish
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        11 days ago

        Hoping this question is in good faith.

        I think that depends on what we mean by “pay.”

        My take:

        If our lives are better/easier/safer/happier than the lives of those who grew out of wrongs committed by those of our own heritage / lineage, then yes, I believe we should endeavour to make their lives better.

        Whether that’s financial reparations, return of property / land, sharing of resources, etc. should be up to communities to work together to decide.

        Put another way, if my good fortune rests on the misfortune of others - even in the past - my personal take is that I am compelled to help where I can.

        Sometimes that’s a simple as voting for the thing that benefits me less than others or me not at all because it aids those who need it most.

        So yeah, we should “pay” but “pay” can mean so many things.

        That’s just me.

        • johsny@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          11 days ago

          Well said, I can totally get behind this. And I have been doing this for more than thirty years. However, taking away a productive farmers land, and giving it to someone who has no idea what to do with it, or worse to a wealthy politician, helps nobody. (Except the politician).

  • plz1@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 days ago

    This headline was a roller coaster, considering the US has a South African president, as this point…