By Staff Reporter
PRETORIA- AfriForum and the the Solidarity Movement have backtracked on the white genocide claims, publicly turning down US President Donald Trump’s offer for refuge in the United States of America.
In a joint media briefing on Saturday, the Afrikaner interest and civil society group AfriForum, and the trade union Solidarity, were unequivocal, saying white Afrikaners were going nowhere and the Afrikaners’ future lies in Africa, specifically in South Africa.
The groups expressed that such a move would undermine their cultural identity, including their Afrikaans language, and stated that their future lies in South Africa, not abroad.
This comes on the heels of Trump’s executive order to cut financial aid to South Africa for HIV-related programs via the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and his proposal to prioritize white Afrikaners under the U.S. refugee program.
The executive order is a direct response to the South African government’s controversial Land Expropriation Act, which critics, including Trump, argue discriminates against white landowners.
During a joint press briefing held by AfriForum and Solidarity on Saturday, the organizations reaffirmed their commitment to staying in South Africa, insisting that emigration would be a betrayal of their heritage and the sacrifices of their ancestors.
AfriForum CEO Kallie Kriel remarked that relocating to the U.S. would mean abandoning the very cultural identity that Afrikaners have worked hard to preserve.
“Emigration only offers an opportunity for Afrikaners who are willing to risk potentially sacrificing their descendants’ cultural identity as Afrikaners,” Kriel stated.
“The price for that is simply too high. We also owe it to our forefathers not to nullify their sacrifices to let Afrikaners take shape as a people by giving up our self-existence as Afrikaners.”
Kriel emphasized that the solutions to the challenges faced by Afrikaners should be found locally, in South Africa, and not through emigration. He reiterated that the problems of the Afrikaner community would be best addressed through practical proposals based on mutual respect with other communities in the country.
