AfriForum lobbied Trump about land expropriation, now he wants to cut SA’s health funding

What are they meant to do when a minority govt ,80% of who are guilty of corruption,just sign bills into parliament based on the fact they were voted on in parliament a yr ago when they had a majority. ramaphosa never gets questioned on tv,its a joke...

Really ? Feels a little trite to say now that folks cannot lobby other Governments for a position ? Haven't we done this historically for other things ? Are you really trying to position that Government in any way listens to its constituents and acts in good faith when challenges are given ?

In principal I agree with the author, but for the ANC cadres, I make an exception. I hope they get personally sanctioned. Never a more deserving bunch.

Ah , they keep underestimating the punch of underdogs like Afriforum and Trump. I hope they sanction us left right and center that we stop with all these BEE, expropriation, inclusive growth crap and move forward as a country's. The ANC is the reason their people is still poor after 30 years.

Hmm. I am looking forward to see the massive amount of health aid that is forthcoming from the Brics countries. Shall we start with China and Russia? And then lets move onto the mainly Islamic members... Indonesia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates.

Steven Grootes was saying more or less the same during his disgracefully biased and personalised interviewing of Afriforum's spokesperson. This gentleman made an absolute fool of Grootes who as an interviewer couldn't resist pushing his leftist agenda. Pathetic to say the least.

The SA government has deliberately taken an ideological stance towards BRICS and favouring them ahead of the West (specifically the US). They should now seek their new bedfellows (Russia, China, etc) to replace the development funding that was previously provided by the US and stop complaining.

Had respect for Afriforum ,seems they better move to the US, since they consider that their government. Is it legal to lobby a foreign to act against your own country interests ? I think during apartheid all organisation that did the same were banned and members jailed.

I'll go with AfriForum on this one.

Trump has even punished Canada. He is now circling UK and EU. Even without Expropriation Act, the right wing brigade would have used something else as an excuse to punish Africans.

No, AfriForum is doing exactly what they are supposed to, thanks AfriForum, BEE next please. No laws signed in the last year and many in the years before was not constitutional and goes against international law, journalist needs to wake up and smell the bulldung he is talking!

Afriforum is simply protecting the interests of its constituents. Racial discrimination against whites should not be happening 30 years post apartheid. Whites are marginalised in this economy at its detriment. Lets see how much Russia and China donate to SA vs the US. Yet the US is villified.

If the cadres stopped looting nobody would need outside funding.

The only funding USA provides South Africa with is for our fight against AIDS. And they only cover 17% of that. Trump can go swim in the creek.

Thanks Afriforum you bunch of useless no good simians! Thanks for cutting our health funding ?

I totally disagree. Aftiforum has the democratic right to use whatever means it can find to pressure to the ANC in to behaving in a reasonable manner. That is part of the democratic process.

This has got nothing to do with EWC. If SA was expropriating land left, right and centre, but was a staunch ally of the US in the international arena, Trump would have no problem. The root of Trump's issue with SA is that we've consistently chosen to back Russia, China and Iran over the US.

Defend Truth? The truth is that aids can be prevented by decent moral values and a clean culture, and that according to Harvard Health and Berkley, Mbeki's Aids policy, beetroot and African potatoes, caused the death of 365 000 HIV+ SAns and Stephen Groottes said little.

Stop fornicating as if there is no tomorrow and AIDS won't be a problem. Exercise some self restraint.

Well why would America want to give billions of dollars to a government that insults it and partners up with its enemies. Reap what you sow Cyril.

I think everyone one is missing the point here. This has very little to do with land expropriation but more to do with geopolitics. The ANC got bailed out by Iran and Qatar so they could take Israel to the ICC. Unlike under Mandela/Mbeki and even Zuma. We no longer NoN aligned. Bad move

SA is in this situation due to the arrogance, stupidity and hypocrisy of the duplicitious anc. We should be truly non-aligned, like India, intelligent/pragmatic, who trade and have good relations with all. Instead we are anything but and side with the most vile murderers and human rights abusers

Dear white people, give the land to "our people"... leav them for a year or two... then check-in on the basket case then after they come begging to have you come back. As a black Zimbabwean now an economic migrant in a foreign land I fully stand by this remark. True story.

I can’t take any article seriously if it cites Al Jazeera as a source. In any case, GroundUp should get its facts straight. It failed to mention that the U.S. had already cut PEPFAR funding before this entire debacle, impacting many countries. The current situation is just the cherry on top.

The DM have steeped to a lower level than cnn. How much does the anc pay you to be the paper for the terrorists?

Its a beautiful thing what trump did. Just gorgeous

ANC/EFF supporters think SA still has influence in the world. The world is about Trade. Trade = jobs. BRICS as a bloc is way off the USA/EU in trade with SA. Russia is only about our 50th biggest trade partner. We do more trade with Swaziland. Gwede USA comments at Africa mine indaba are dumb.

Had to find someone to blame for the loss of aid. I suppose Afriforam is as good as any one. The ANC never takes responsibility for any thing it does. Who went to the world Court re Isreal, who stood nexted to the founders of Brics. Who was warned about Trump and his followers, but ignored it.

It's called activism.

Goes to show how utterly tone deaf and naive afriforum is to the negative effects of sanctions on SA as a collective. Since when have sanctions affected people at the top? Zimbabwe and Venezuela are prime examples of this. SA was spiraling downwards, this is the final nail in coffin.

Dear Johns no - Unfortunately “our people” are too naive/gullible at best and too thick/ignorant at worst to learn from history . Instead of learning from it and avoiding all the poverty, pain, suffering and devastation, they have to find it out for themselves and repeat the same calamity.

that's a bit nonsensical..please punish just the anc leaders but not the country? carrying on trading with everyone else just not them. how are you going to seperate the anc from everyday life, (yes they can be voted out), but they can't somehow be directly targeted. they'll hold trials?

during Mbeki era, donor money was not allowed recurrent health matter, and we rejected this money. Zuma and Motsoaledi driven by ignorance and greed took the money to be blackmailed by the US. Motsoaledi is a stupid Minister of health who does not know that health is a national security issue.

So it was ok to lobby internationally for sanctions when the unjust (yet semi competent) regime was the NP, but it is not ok to do the same now that the unjust ( and completely incompetent) regime is the ANC? LOL

During the Mbeki era it was not allowed to use donor money for recurrent health issues. It was Zuma and Motsoaledi driven b greed who decided to take the money so that we can be blackmailed by the US. Motsoaledi is a stupid Minister of Health who does not know health is a national security issue.

"Stole" the land? You may find the Nats ("Apartheid Government") had (unfortunately) more than aroundc40% of the votes

While all that was told to Trump by Afrforum is largely based on untruths about this act, actions and none actions of the ANC have become extremely difficult to defend. Corruption and incompetence are just some actions that cannot be defended. While not addressing the land is a serious indictment

Afriforum is a civil society organisation and has just as much right to lobby the US government as the ANC did in the 80s. The fact that we have 141 racial based laws targeting minorities is more than enough reason for any South African to lobby for equal rights.

What's more important is what Trump said. The devil is in the details. The US is more concerned about the ANC racist policies which are unconditional and violate human rights and dignity. The ANC is almost guaranteed to receive a blanket of sanctions. The first was announced for the ICC.

Furthermore you don't get to abuse, persecute, and take advantage of minority population because you are all hung up on your expired liberation movement, and warped ideology. Don't blame Afriforum. The ANC made it's bed now it must lay in it along with all its voters.

If the ANC passing a racist law is vindicated by it being constitutional, then so, too, the enactments by Verwoerd, Hitler, Putin — and Trump [!] are acceptable since they were within their respective constitutions.

Some comments gloat against HIV/AIDS patients. True, it can be caused/influenced by one's lifestyle/actions, but so, too, can obesity, alcoholism, diabetes & smoking-induced cancers. All get treated at taxpayers' or medical aid members' expense, yet the latter don't seem to offend the puritans.

South Africa is the only country in the world in which race based law is in favour of the majority demographic. Of course it's no longer trendy in Germany to legislate against minorities. Lol Journalists are so stuck in their own narrow narrative. Get real ffs

what Kriel has done borders on economic treason or sedition. I dont think he realised when making his BS rhetoric that Trump would stop all USAID to SA. instead he has changed tack and says the politicians should be punished not the people of SA. unfortunately its too late and the damage is done

As Ernst pointed out in his NewzAfrica interview, there are two separate issues at play here and biased journalists are trying to bring the two together. 1) Trump is cutting all aid to foreign countries. 2) Trump is paying attention to SA because of expropriation or the threat of it.

So Expropriation without compensation is okay in Gaza when your mate has levelled the place?