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A view of the Oval Office during a press conference between President Cyril Ramaphosa and US President Donald Trump.
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has responded to being the centre of attraction at the South Africa– US meeting at the Oval Office on Thursday night.
Following a moment of surprise on the US side, US president Trump raised the issue of farm murders and land expropriation, asking for the lights to be turned off and pointing towards a screen on the right of where President Ramaphosa was sitting.
A collage of video clips from various addresses by Malema was played with him singing “Kill the boer, the farmer.”
Ramaphosa looked visibly uncomfortable when the clips were played. And asked his Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen to help respond to an answer about farm killings.
The press focused on Malema for a couple of minutes with billionaire businessman, Johan Rupert also sharing his sentiments on Malema’s past utterances, “I have been a target of this man for ten years.”
Soon after the presser, Malema responded on social media platform X, saying “A group of older men gather in Washington to gossip about me…”
Julius Malema’s tweet:
A group of older men meet in Washington to gossip about me. No significant amount of intelligence evidence has been produced about white genocide. We will not agree to compromise our political principles on land expropriation without compensation for political expediency.
— Julius Sello Malema (@Julius_S_Malema) May 21, 2025
Trump and some of his executive members have been pushing their “white genocide” propaganda for a while, in some instances sharing the videos of Malema on social media.
President Ramaphosa has reiterated that South Africa’s problem is not a white targeting criminal matter, but a general crime problem which was also reiterated by Rupert.
The White House visit was visibly the main talking point on X following the oval office presser, with the top ten of trending topics all related to the incident.
