{"id":162488,"date":"2025-05-14T21:25:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T20:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/cowards-president-ramaphosa-slams-white-south-africans-moving-to-us"},"modified":"2025-05-14T22:32:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T21:32:33","slug":"cowards-president-ramaphosa-slams-white-south-africans-moving-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/cowards-president-ramaphosa-slams-white-south-africans-moving-to-us","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Cowards\u2019 \u2013 President Ramaphosa slams white South Africans moving to US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has slammed citizens who left the country, describing them as \u201ccowards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the president, South Africans are resilient people who stay to solve their country\u2019s problems.<\/p>\n<p>A group of 59 white South Africans had the country and resettled in the US by President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The president said they are \u201ccowards\u201d insisting \u201cthey\u2019ll be back soon\u201d following their arrived in the US on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>They were granted refugee status by the US President who claimed they faced racial discrimination back home.<\/p>\n<p>He said South africans leaving the country are those unhappy with efforts of his administration to put an end to the inequities of the country\u2019s apartheid past.<\/p>\n<p>He said the it was a sad moment for those running away from the country the country adding that \u201cWe don\u2019t run away from our problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The President said the best option was for them to stay and \u201csolve our problems, adding that \u201cwhen you run away you are a coward, and that\u2019s a real cowardly act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Trump and South Africa-born richest man in the world Elon Musk, have claimed the South Africa was committing \u201cgenocide\u201d against white farmers in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration had also accused the leadership of the African country of seizing land from white farmers without paying compensation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has slammed citizens who left the country, describing them as \u201ccowards.\u201d According to the president, South Africans are resilient people who stay to solve their country\u2019s problems. A group of 59 white South Africans had the country and resettled in the US by President Donald Trump. 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