Solidarity, AfriForum meet US officials on Agoa and “racial laws”

By Amy Musgrave

A delegation of the Solidarity Movement, AfriForum and Solidarity, which is opposed to South Africa’s new land laws, is meeting senior representatives of US President Donald Trump’s administration at the White House in Washington DC.

This follows Trump offering white Afrikaners land in the US and freezing aid to South Africa over the Expropriation Act and South Africa’s stance on Israel. The rift between SA and the US has also put the African Growth and Opportunities Act (Agoa) at risk.

Many of the farmers, who Trump is claiming to protect, will be negatively impacted if the Act is not renewed next year.

Various conciliatory gestures from South Africa have been made, but Trump and his administration are not budging.  

According to a statement, the delegation is asking US officials to intensify pressure on African National Congress leaders for policy change instead of suspending South Africa’s participation