EFF Leader Malema Calls U.S. Resettlement a Media Fabrication
In a recent interview with local media, Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), dismissed allegations of widespread violence against white Afrikaner farmers in South Africa as “fiction” and “drama.” Malema specifically refuted claims that 49 Afrikaners were resettled in the United States as refugees, labeling the narrative a media fabrication and criticizing the U.S. for promoting it.
Malema challenged reports of farm attacks, asserting, “There’s no one who has been killed here in South Africa.” He argued that if Afrikaners had left farms for the U.S., those lands should be expropriated as abandoned properties, questioning why the media has not investigated the identities of these alleged farmers. His remarks align with the EFF’s push for land reform, including expropriation without compensation, a stance that has drawn international scrutiny.
President Donald Trump claimed Afrikaners face a “genocide,” citing farm murders to justify resettling 59 white South Africans in May 2025, a move criticized by South Africa’s government and AfriForum as baseless. Official data shows 44 farm murders in 2024, not racially targeted, amid South Africa’s high crime rate. The Expropriation Act, signed in 2024, aims to address historical land disparities but has not yet seized land, contrary to U.S. claims.
South Africa’s government, led by President Cyril Ramaphosa, denies persecution of Afrikaners, noting their socioeconomic success and calling Trump’s narrative “completely false.” Malema urged international bodies, including the U.S., to refrain from using land issues to suppress South Africans advocating for justice, reinforcing his call for equitable land redistribution to rectify apartheid-era injustices.