Thousands of people gathered in Pretoria yesterday morning to present a memorandum to the US Embassy in support of President Donald Trump’s recent stance on South Africa, condemning 118 local laws they believe unfairly target white citizens and affect the economy.

According to an article published by Pretoria Rekord, activist and organiser of the gathering, Willem Petzer, said there were more than 3 000 people at the gathering.

“We gave a memorandum to the United States Embassy in which we compiled all the evidence of farm murders against South Africans, as well as all racial laws against white South Africans, and also a chapter on the ideological history of the South African Communist Party-ANC government of South Africa.”

He says the memorandum, supported by over 138 000 signatures of people expressing their support for the American president’s recent directive regarding South Africa, stated that there are 118 South African laws aimed at targeting white people and removing them from the economy.

It also referred to the appropriation of mineral and water rights, land and black economic empowerment policies. The memorandum also focused on crime and how it affects all South Africans, but especially farmers.

“There is no politician who actively encourages the murder of any other group; there are no calls to slit the throats of any other group. The only group being targeted is whites,” he said in his speech.

Regarding land expropriation, Petzer said that unless a person can be positively identified as a legitimate owner whose land has been stolen from them, it is not fair to punish someone for a crime committed by another person years ago.

“Two wrongs will never make it right,” Petzer told foreign and English media, explaining that there is no justice in taking someone’s property due to something someone else did.”

So we handed over the memorandum to the Embassy of the United States of America 🇺🇸 ‼️Thank you very much to all on X, supporting our cause in this matter and to understand, that farm murders of Afrikaner Boere, stop today ‼️Thank you for posting, reposting and let the World know,… pic.twitter.com/k93W3rbdSX

— RaiZel (@landbourainier) February 15, 2025

This comes after Trump’s decision to cut financial aid to South Africa following his criticism of the country’s treatment of the white Afrikaner minority and its December 2023 filing of a genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.

This move has raised concerns among experts, who worry it could lead to the end of South Africa’s preferential access to the US market under the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act.

We are Afrikaners and will stand together against the ANC. pic.twitter.com/K9m5ydW29m

— RaiZel (@landbourainier) February 15, 2025

Meanwhile, President Cyril Ramaphosa called for national unity.

According to a report by Business Tech, he said: “We need to stand united as a nation, particularly now when we are facing a harsh global wind,” Ramaphosa told lawmakers in Cape Town in a reply to a debate on his state-of-the-nation address on Thursday.

“I’d like to repeat we will also not be bullied by anyone in the country or outside.”

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