President Francois Wilken of Free State Agriculture welcomes support pledged to the agricultural sector by US President Donald Trump, which followed an executive order highlighting alleged human rights issues in South Africa. While Wilken acknowledges the US government's concern for farmers' safety and property rights, he clarifies that the process of land expropriation begins with policies that erode property rights, citing the new Land Expropriation Act that enables state bodies to expropriate land without market-related compensation. He sees Trump's offer of refugee status for farmers and Afrikaners as a wake-up call for the South African government.
Following US President Donald Trump’s refugee offer to SA farmers, Free State Agriculture President Francois Wilken welcomes support. Picture: iStock
The US government said the stance was in response to SA’s land policy that allows its government to “seize ethnic minority Afrikaners’ agricultural property without compensation” and SA’s genocide case against US ally Israel at the International Court of Justice. “The fact remains that South Africa’s new Land Expropriation Act enables state bodies to expropriate land and other assets without paying market-related compensation. Therefore, Trump and Rubio’s terminology is accurate, even if specific parcels of land in South Africa have not yet been expropriated.”
“Farm murders and rural security have been a reality for more than 30 years, yet none of our efforts to prompt action from the ANC government have yielded lasting results.”
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