Supporters Rally in Pretoria for Trump’s Stance on Land Expropriation and Farm Murders in South Africa

A crowd of approximately 1,000 people gathered outside the US embassy in Pretoria on Saturday to show support for President Donald Trump after his criticism of the “unjust” treatment of white South Africans. The rally, attended by around 1,200 individuals, was sparked by Trump’s remarks on South Africa’s land expropriation law and the violent attacks on farmers.

About 2000 people showed up to support president Trump and myself and Willem’s message today to the international community, concerning the corrupt ANC and it’s partner the DA
The USA truly have a friend in us Boers.
Tewie Wessels @elonmusk @Jason2bartlett @realDonaldTrump… pic.twitter.com/wE3kbpXZfS

— Tewie Wessels (@TewieWessels1) February 15, 2025

Walter Wobben, a 52-year-old cattle farmer from the Western Cape, was among those present. “It’s the first time we’ve seen in my lifetime that a foreign president stands up for the Afrikaner people like what we’ve seen him do, so we have to support this,” he said. Wobben, who handed out “Make Afrikaners Great Again” caps to the predominantly white crowd, spoke passionately about the recent tragedy in his family. He recounted how his uncle had been brutally attacked less than 100 kilometers from the protest site and later died in the hospital after a lengthy period of emergency care. His aunt was left with permanent disabilities, including brain damage, following the assault.

Thousands of Afrikaaners have descended on the US embassy in Pretoria under the banner, Make South Africa Great again. Thus disrupting residents and emergency workers going about their weekend. pic.twitter.com/AtISb8c9Kh

— NOWinSA (@NowInSA) February 15, 2025

The rally took place in a country grappling with one of the highest homicide rates globally, with nearly 28,000 murders reported between February 2023 and February 2024, according to the latest police statistics. Many at the rally, like 64-year-old Rose Basson, expressed frustration with what they see as the lack of attention given to farm killings. “No one other than Trump talks about what’s happening. They ignore it,” Basson, a psychologist-turned-chess teacher, said. She also voiced concerns about what she described as “too many racial laws” in South Africa.

AFRIKANER RIGHT-WINGERS CRY OUT TO TRUMP
About a thousand Afrikaners marched to the @USEmbassySA to thank @realDonaldTrump for taking steps against the government of SA and pleading with him to punish SA furthermore. pic.twitter.com/PiXbOZRo9y

— Dudula News (@PatrioticMedia1) February 15, 2025

Despite making up just over seven percent of South Africa’s population, white South Africans owned 72 percent of the country’s agricultural land as of 2017. Since the end of apartheid, the government has passed laws aimed at redistributing land and addressing the injustices of land expropriation, which disproportionately affected black South Africans under colonial and apartheid rule.

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Sourced: African Insider