President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa recently showcased a striking video that featured radical politicians calling for violence against white Africans. Joel Pollack, a senior editor at Breitbart News, described it in an interview as “the most important thing that will happen in South Africa since apartheid ended.”
Ramaphosa, who has previously referred to 59 African refugees as “co-sick” for trying to “run” into the U.S., faced a significant reality check during his meeting with Trump at the White House earlier this month.
During their meeting, Trump drew attention to clips showing a South African delegation, which shocked those present as it highlighted horrifying calls for violence against the white population in the country.
Julius Malema, a prominent left-wing politician in South Africa, can be seen in the video leading chants like “Kill Bohr.” He asserts that white South Africans “have not been persecuted or treated badly.”
In a brief interview following a discussion with two provincial leaders, Fox News host Martha Maccallum commended South African-born Pollak for prompting a discussion about the progress, or lack thereof, within South Africa.
When McCallum inquired about Trump’s assertion that white South Africans endure race-based “genocide,” Pollak described the situation in the country as fostering conditions that could lead to such a tragedy.
There is, indeed, a significant level of violent crime in South Africa that continues to worsen. Johann Rupert, a South African businessman present at the meeting, remarked that this impacts people of all races. However, there’s an ongoing issue of targeting white South Africans, especially farmers, which many believe is a coordinated effort, especially in light of Malema’s rhetoric that Trump highlighted in the video. Following the meeting, Malema responded sharply, reiterating his intention to “kill Bohr” and farmers, framing it as part of a “liberation” chant.
McCallum also shared clips from the inauguration of the late President Nelson Mandela, where Mandela emphasized unity among all South Africans, irrespective of race.
Commenting on Mandela’s 1994 speech, Pollak pointed out that the current narrative in South Africa promotes a dangerous agenda of redistribution tied to corruption and inflammatory racial rhetoric. He underscored that this notion of racial redistribution is undermining South Africa’s economy, just as similar threats loom over institutions in the U.S.
