South Africa’s Ramaphosa rejects ‘false narrative’ of anti-white persecution after Trump, Musk claims

South Africa’s Ramaphosa rejects ‘false narrative’ of anti-white persecution after Trump, Musk claims

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday dismissed allegations that white people, particularly Afrikaners, are being persecuted in South Africa.

His statement counters claims made by US president Donald Trump, billionaire Elon Musk, and certain white minority groups.

These accusations include claims of "white genocide" and targeted farm attacks. They argue that South Africa’s Black-led government is unfairly targeting Afrikaners, descendants of Dutch and French settlers.

Ramaphosa did not name anyone directly but said in his weekly address that South Africans should not let outside influences divide them. He insisted that there is no truth to the claim that people are being persecuted because of their race or culture.

We should not allow events beyond our shores to divide us or turn us against each other. In particular, we should challenge the completely false narrative that our country is a place in which people of a certain race or culture are being targeted for persecution," he said, reported news agency Associated Press.

The controversy was ignited when Musk, a South Africa-born billionaire, accused on X some South African political figures of "actively promoting white genocide."