John Steenhuisen corrects Trump’s ‘white genocide’ claims
Steenhuisen was part of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s delegation visiting the White house in Washington.
South African Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen speaks during a meeting with US President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. Photo: AFP
Agriculture minister and DA leader John Steenhuisen dismissed US President Donald Trump’s claims of a genocide against white afrikaners.
Steenhuisen was part of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s delegation visiting the White house in Washington.
What was intended to be a meeting aimed at mending diplomatic ties between South Africa and the United States took an unexpected turn when Trump played video footage showing EFF leader Julis Malema chanting “kill the farmer.”
In response, Steenhuisen clarified to Trump that the EFF is an opposition party and does not form part of the South African government.
“The two individuals that are in that video are both leaders of opposition minority parties in South Africa – Umkhonto weSizwe under Mr. Zuma and the Economic Freedom fighters under Julius Malema. The reason that my party, the DA which has been an opposition for over 30 years, chose to join hands with Mr. Ramaphosa’s party was precisely to keep those people out of power. We cannot have those people sitting in the union buildings and making decisions.”