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The Union Buildings, in Pretoria.
The government of South Africa says it has noted the Executive Order issued by the United States President Donald Trump.
Pretoria says it is of great concern that the foundational premise of this order lacks factual accuracy and fails to recognize South Africa’s profound and painful history of colonialism and apartheid.
It further states that it is concerned by what seems to be a campaign of misinformation and propaganda aimed at misrepresenting South Africa.
The International Relations Minister’s spokesperson Chrispin Phiri says, “It is disappointing to observe that such narratives seem to have reached favour among decision-makers in the United States of America. The latest order issued by the President of the United States in its foundational premise lacks factual accuracy, fails to recognize South Africa’s profound and painful history of colonialism.”
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In a statement, government says it is ironic that the executive order makes provision for refugee status in the US for a group in South Africa that remains amongst the most economically privileged, while vulnerable people in the US from other parts of the world are being deported and denied asylum despite real hardship.
