South African’s National Liberation Movement

Media Statements

AFRIFORUM’S RACIST AGENDA FUELS MISINFORMATION ON SOUTH AFRICA’S LAND REFORM

The African National Congress (ANC) strongly condemns the misinformation campaign orchestrated by AfriForum, which has now found an amplifier in United States (US) President Donald Trump. President Trump’s recent tweet, echoing AfriForum’s false claims of “land confiscation,” is a direct result of the lobby group’s ongoing efforts to mislead the global community and protect apartheid-era land ownership patterns. AfriForum has long positioned itself as a defender of white minority privilege, using fear-mongering to undermine South Africa’s constitutional and lawful land reform programme. Their campaign is not about justice but about blocking economic transformation and maintaining an oppressive status quo.

AfriForum’s lobbying efforts in the US and other countries have deliberately misrepresented South Africa’s Expropriation Act, which is a fair, constitutional mechanism aimed at reversing historical land dispossession. By weaponizing misinformation, they have emboldened some, who have no understanding of South Africa’s democratic processes but are quick to perpetuate racist narratives. It is unacceptable that AfriForum continues to seek external intervention against a sovereign country’s domestic policies—policies that are necessary to address the legacy of land dispossession caused by colonialism and apartheid.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has reaffirmed South Africa’s commitment to engaging with international partners on issues of mutual interest. However, the ANC will not tolerate racist distortions aimed at undermining our national sovereignty and transformation agenda. We call on all progressive forces, both locally and globally, to reject AfriForum’s divisive agenda and stand with South Africa in its pursuit of justice, equity, and meaningful land reform.

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ISSUED BY THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS.

Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri
National Spokesperson

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