By Amy Musgrave
Despite an offer of resettlement by US President Donald Trump, members of the Solidarity Movement said on Saturday they wanted to remain in South Africa.
This follows Trump issuing an order to stop funding to South Africa over what he believes is race-based politics, especially concerning the new land expropriation law.
The Solidarity Movement, which comprises civil rights group AfriForum and trade union Solidarity, called a press conference following South Africans waking up to the news that Trump had issued the executive order.
Earlier in the day, the South African government said it had taken note of Trump’s order, saying it “is of great concern that the foundational premise of this order lacks factual accuracy and fails to recognise South Africa’s profound and painful history of colonialism and apartheid”.
The Solidarity Movement was quick to emphasise that it did not know about Trump’s order. Its relationship with
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