Nobody really knows how many white farmers there are, nor is there a consensus definition of 'farmer' or 'farm worker,' which clouds the data. With respect to the land issue as well as the murder rate. However, the far more credible AgriSA, an industry group, that farm murders are at a nineteen-year low.
In June, an AfriForum delegation visited Washington, D.C., and met with, among others, think tanks, the office of Senator Ted Cruz, USAID, and appeared on Carlson’s show. Among a number of rebukes from South African media, civil society, and government, Deputy President Mabuza, “as the leadership of the ANC and government, we are clear that the implementation of land reform measures must not result in social fractures and racial polarization.” The widespread killing of white farmers is a, a predominately Afrikaner organization opposed to land reform on the basis that it is a threat to South Africa’s white population.
More on: President Trump on August 22 that he has directed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to “closely study the South Africa land and farm seizures” and the “large scale killing of farmers.” In his tweet, the president quoted Fox News host Tucker Carlson that “South African government is now seizing land from white farmers.” Carlson had interviewed Marian Tupy, a senior policy analyst at a conservative Washington think tank, who recently calling on Trump to “warn South Africa on land expropriations,” comparing the new South African policy with that of Zimbabwe.
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