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White supremacist notions threaten sovereignty of South Africa – Ramaphosa

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 8 December 2025

President hits out at false claims promoted by Donald Trump and Elon Musk that Afrikaner minority is being racially persecuted

White supremacist ideology and false claims that South Africa’s Afrikaner minority is being racially persecuted pose a threat to South Africa’s sovereignty and national security, the country’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has warned.

Since taking office for his second US presidential term in January, Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed without evidence that South Africa’s government is seizing land and encouraging violence against white farmers .