{"id":30392,"date":"2025-05-12T20:05:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T18:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/?p=30392"},"modified":"2025-05-13T05:14:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T03:14:33","slug":"analyst-says-good-riddance-to-the-amerikaners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/2025\/05\/12\/analyst-says-good-riddance-to-the-amerikaners\/","title":{"rendered":"Analyst says good riddance to the &#8216;Amerikaners&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_30394\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30394\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_12-5-2025_19392_www.enca_.com_-770x435.jpeg\" alt=\"Image credit: eNCA\" width=\"770\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_12-5-2025_19392_www.enca_.com_-770x435.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_12-5-2025_19392_www.enca_.com_-768x434.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_12-5-2025_19392_www.enca_.com_.jpeg 848w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30394\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image credit: eNCA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Political Analyst, Bongani Mahlangu, says the country did not lose anything from the departure of the 49 Afrikaaners to go settle in the US as refugees. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He claims they were not contributing to the growth and stability of South Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In February, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order granting refugee 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Qumbisa<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He adds, that it is interesting to note that while the U.S. leader has removed initiatives like Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) by claiming they could lead to reverse discrimination, he is doing something similar in the case of South Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n\t<div class=\"qtmplayer-playlist-large\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"qtmplayer-playlist\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"qtmplayer-trackitem qtmplayer-track-inpage\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_12-5-2025_19392_www.enca_.com_-100x100.jpeg\" alt=\"cover\">\t\t<span 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Qumbisa<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\n<p>Political commentator Goodenough Mashigo has also weighed in on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Mashigo believes the government could consider reviewing the citizenship of the Afrikaners who left for Washington, though this will be a lengthy process following a recent ruling by the Constitutional Court..<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to calls by some South Africans for their citizenship to be revoked,\u00a0he says this matter should only be addressed once the individuals obtain their American green cards.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"qtmplayer-playlist-large\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"qtmplayer-playlist\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"qtmplayer-trackitem qtmplayer-track-inpage\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_12-5-2025_19392_www.enca_.com_-100x100.jpeg\" alt=\"cover\">\t\t<span 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Qumbisa<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\n<p class=\"p1\">The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) has reiterated that the minority group is not facing any form of persecution in South Africa.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">International Relations and Cooperation, spokesperson, Chrispin Phiri, has refuted claims that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Afrikaners?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Afrikaners<\/a> are being persecuted in SA. He says the 49 who left for the US did so on their own accord. Stay tuned to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/eNCA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#eNCA<\/a> channel <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DStv403?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DStv403<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Afrikaners?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Afrikaners<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s6z9AXlPRD\">pic.twitter.com\/s6z9AXlPRD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 eNCA (@eNCA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eNCA\/status\/1921859458558275942?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">The arrival of Afrikaners in Washington comes days after U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead ordered the Trump administration to\u00a0resume processing cases in the refugee resettlement program within seven days.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Trump\u00a0issued an executive order that suspended the US&#8217;s refugee program, which assisted individuals fleeing war and persecution in their home countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Political Analyst, Bongani Mahlangu, says the country did not lose anything from the departure of the 49 Afrikaaners to go settle in the US as refugees. 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