'49 car guards landed in America’: Mbalula ridicules white ‘refugees’ in US
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula poked at white ‘refugees’ who left South Africa for the United States of America, calling them ‘car guards’.
Mbalula espoused the views after the ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Wednesday.
“Donald Trump called for whites here, gave them special status in America. Forty-nine car guards arrived in the US,” Mbalula said. “He is saying that we are a racist country and everything else. He gave them special status to leave.”
The first batch of South Africans left for the United States in May on a private chartered plane.
Sam Busa, the founder of Amerikaners, an advocacy group for the ‘refugees,’ took issue with Mbalula’s statements.
“The original 59 legal refugees who are safely settled in America are now employees and entrepreneurs, contributing members of American society. The contempt with which Mbalula speaks of the loss of this human capital, given the frail state of South Africa, is alarming.
“His comments expose a shocking level of disrespect for his own citizenry, together with a lack of acumen for global diplomacy that says more about him than it does about said refugees. For his information, we are aware that they are thriving in their new home,” Busa said.
Mbalula went on to say that those went are some of the most well taken care of individuals in the country.
The ‘refugees’ left for the US due to fears of racial persecution, land expropriation with compensation, and claims of white genocide, which the government has repeatedly refuted.
In a meeting with Donald Trump at the White House, President Cyril Ramaphosa pushed against the claims. “Nobody can take land. Our country is criminal. People who do get killed, unfortunately, through criminal activity are not only white people, but the majority of them are also black people,” Ramaphosa said.
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