{"id":90689,"date":"2025-09-29T17:03:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T17:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/anc-scores-zero-percent-on-u-s-demands"},"modified":"2025-09-29T17:29:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T17:29:53","slug":"anc-scores-zero-percent-on-u-s-demands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/anc-scores-zero-percent-on-u-s-demands","title":{"rendered":"ANC Scores Zero Percent on U.S. Demands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The ANC and the government of national unity (GNU) have not implemented any of the demands from the United States to mend relations with South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2025, the United States made demands related to farm attacks, land expropriation, BEE, and \u201cKill the Boer\u201d as preconditions to mend relations with South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>This information was shared by a South African delegation of Afrikaner leaders who met with senior White House officials.<\/p>\n<p>The delegation included FF+ leader Corne\u0301 Mulder, Southern African Agri Initiative chairman Theo de Jager, and National Employers\u2019 Association CEO Gerhard Papenfus.<\/p>\n<p>They met with senior White House officials, including representatives from the Office of the Vice President, the National Security Council, and the Homeland Security Council.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting in Washington, DC, the United States officials communicated the Administration\u2019s official position regarding South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>This included the necessary preconditions for the normalisation of bilateral relations between the United States and South Africa. These preconditions are:<\/p>\n<p><b>The classification of farm attacks as a priority crime.<\/b> The White House officials pointed out that farm attacks are not addressed with the same urgency and resources as rhino poaching and cash-in-transit heists. Each farm attack should be investigated by the Hawks.<\/p>\n<p><b>A clear and unequivocal public condemnation by the ANC of \u201cKill the Boer, kill the Farmer\u201d,<\/b> whether used in song or any other context.<\/p>\n<p><b>No land expropriation without fair market compensation.<\/b> Expropriation should only proceed after all legal processes have been fully exhausted.<\/p>\n<p><b>Exemption of USA entities from all Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) requirements.<\/b> Any race-based legislation that may constitute a non-tariff trade barrier should not apply to USA entities.<\/p>\n<p>Most of these issues made headlines before and after South African President Cyril Ramaphosa\u2019s meeting with US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mulder, the White House officials expressed concern that these conditions have not been adequately addressed.<\/p>\n<p>He added that US officials communicated these conditions to the South African government multiple times.<\/p>\n<p><b>The ANC and the government double down on BEE and expropriation<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Deputy President Paul Mashatile<\/p>\n<p>Despite the clear demands from the United States, the ANC and the government have doubled down on these controversial policies.<\/p>\n<p>There have been numerous requests that farm attacks be classified as a \u201cnational priority crime\u201d, but there has been no action on this front.<\/p>\n<p>The EFF and other groups continue to sing \u201cKill the Boer, kill the Farmer\u201d at events. The ANC remains mum on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>In August 2025, the EFF sang \u201cKill the Boer\u201d at a protest march in Kraaifontein in the Western Cape after an adverse ruling against its leader, Julius Malema, for hate speech.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, the EFF openly sang the controversial \u201cKill the Boer\u201d song on the Potchefstroom campus at the North-West University.<\/p>\n<p>The ANC has also doubled down on land expropriation without fair market compensation, with a new legal battle around the issue.<\/p>\n<p>The City of Ekurhuleni in the Gauteng province has expropriated a 34-hectare property, known as portion 406 of the Farm Driefontein, without compensation.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of expropriation, the owner was applying for development rights, and the property was valued at a minimum of R30 million.<\/p>\n<p>However, the city refused to pay for the property, arguing that nil compensation was just and equitable.<\/p>\n<p>The ANC is also doubling down on BEE, arguing that it is good for the economy and that it remains central to the transformation agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy President Paul Mashatile has said BBBEE is \u201cnot a failed policy\u201d and must be implemented more rigorously. He also likened scrapping it to going back to apartheid.<\/p>\n<p>This means that the ANC, and hence, the government, is dismissing the United States\u2019 demands, which resulted in high tariffs on South African goods.<\/p>\n<p>These tariffs have a significant impact on South Africa, including lost trade, job losses, and strained international relationships.<\/p>\n<p>The Reserve Bank Governor, Lesetja Kganyago, said the 30 % US tariffs could lead to as many as 100,000 job losses, with agriculture and automotive among the hardest hit sectors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. The ANC and the government of national unity (GNU) have not implemented any of the demands from the United States to mend relations with South Africa. 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