The FW de Klerk Foundation denounces Trump's Afrikaner claims

NEED TO BAND TOGETHER

- JONISAYI MAROMO [e-mail]

IN RESPONSE to recent allegations made by US President Donald Trump and his Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, that Afrikaners are being “killed and slaughtered” and that their land and farms are being “illegally confiscated” the FW de Klerk Foundation has urged South Africans to band together.

In a statement, the foundation's Executive Director, Christo van der Rheede, said it was now very important for all South Africans to come together and reject such statements.

“It is now very important for all South African citizens to unite and refute the statements by President Donald Trump, his Secretary of State, Marco Rubio and others, that Afrikaners are being killed and slaughtered and their land and farms are being illegally confiscated. This is simply not true!”

Van der Rheede said rejecting the claims does not mean that South Africans accept the country’s current challenges.

He said that while the ANC, as the sole governing party before the formation of the Government of National Unity (GNU), must be held accountable, it was wrong to suggest that white people or Afrikaners were being persecuted.