The recent reports of Afrikaner families seeking refugee status in the United States due to alleged persecution in South Africa have been met with predictable hypocrisy from the African National Congress (ANC) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). These parties, which have spent years fanning the flames of racial division and endorsing policies that target minority communities, now feign concern over the departure of white South Africans. Their crocodile tears are as transparent as their contempt for the Afrikaner people.
A Legacy of Hostility
The ANC and EFF have never hidden their disdain for Afrikaners. From Julius Malema’s infamous chants of “Kill the Boer”—to the ANC’s relentless push for expropriation without compensation, these parties have created an environment where white South Africans, particularly Afrikaners, feel increasingly unwelcome. The ANC’s failure to condemn farm attacks, coupled with the EFF’s rhetoric framing all white South Africans as beneficiaries of apartheid, has fueled a climate of fear.
Now, as skilled Afrikaners leave, taking their expertise, businesses, and contributions to the economy with them, the ANC and EFF suddenly pretend to care. Where was this concern when Afrikaner farmers were being murdered at alarming rates? Where was the outrage when Malema and his followers openly called for land seizures and the destruction of white-owned farms?
The Hypocrisy of “Regret”
Both parties now claim they do not want a “brain drain” and that South Africa “needs all its people.” But this is nothing but empty political posturing. The truth is, the ANC and EFF have systematically alienated Afrikaners through discriminatory policies, race-based rhetoric, and a refusal to address violent crime targeting their communities.
If the ANC truly valued Afrikaners, it would have:
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Condemned farm murders instead of downplaying them.
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Rejected expropriation without compensation, which scares off investment and threatens property rights.
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Punished hate speech from its alliance partners instead of tolerating it for political gain.
The EFF, meanwhile, has built its entire brand on racial provocation. Malema’s party thrives on division, yet now pretends to be saddened by the departure of those it has spent years vilifying.
Good Riddance to Their Fake Grief
The ANC and EFF will not miss Afrikaners—they will only miss the taxes they paid, the jobs they created, and the agricultural output they sustained. But they will not miss the people themselves, because their politics have never treated Afrikaners as equal citizens.
If these parties were honest, they would admit that the exodus of Afrikaners is the natural consequence of their own policies. Instead, they engage in cheap theatrics, pretending to care now that the damage is done.
South Africa is losing yet another group of skilled, hardworking citizens—not because they want to leave, but because the ANC and EFF have made it clear they are not wanted. The real question is: Who will feed the nation when the farmers are gone? Who will rebuild an economy gutted by cadre deployment and corruption?
The ANC and EFF have no answers—only lies. And no amount of fake sympathy will change the fact that they helped push these South Africans out.
