Kallie sal ‘ie waai nie

AFRIFORUM CEO Kallie Kriel sê hy gaan nêrens nie despite defending the 49 Afrikaners who fled South Africa for the USA.

The Trump administration welcomed the group who landed at Washington DC’s Dulles Airport on Monday after they were granted asylum status, following claims that they faced discrimination and violence in South Africa.

The group, which included children who were waving small American flags, was welcomed by Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar.

Speaking to broadcaster Newzroom Afrika, Kriel said the concerns raised by the Afrikaners in South Africa are legitimate. 

He did however say that AfriForum does not define the situation as “white genocide”, as used by some politicians in the United States.

He said: “The fact is, we don’t use those terms, but there is a real problem.

“We have a situation in the country where the only category of crime that is called for, publicly, for instance murders of farmers and Afrikaners with the ‘kill the boer’ chant. 

“As I have said, what makes the other crime different is that there is a public call for violence against Afrikaners. But I think it is time we join hands, that is why AfriForum has a number of agreements with rural communities, traditional leaders... that also includes safety programmes that we work on.”

He said people are losing confidence and that is one of the reasons some Afrikaners have opted to relocate as refugees.

He added: “Afrikaners, let me be clear, cannot survive as a cultural community in the US or any other country. That is why I am not leaving."