Trump’s Pressure Campaign Against South Africa Is About More Than Just The Boers
Andrew Korybko | The ANC’s long track record of political mistakes and policy failures is finally catching up to it precisely at the moment when the party finally started prioritizing South Africa’s participation in global processes, thus creating the pretext for the US to meddle in this BRICS member’s affairs. | Trump signed an Executive Order late last week “Addressing Egregious Actions Of The Republic Of South Africa” that mandated cutting off aid to the country as punishment for its new contentious Expropriation Act and promoting the resettlement of the white minority (Afrikaners) to the US. Supporters applauded him for giving attention to what they consider to be the long-ignored issue of black-on-white racially discriminatory policies while opponents believe that it’s a racist move promulgated on false pretexts. [...] The outcome of Trump’s pressure campaign against [South Africa] will indicate he continues picking off this group’s countries one-by-one or decides to reconsider this strategy, therefore making it immensely important.
