Billionaire businessman Johann Rupert has been hailed a “true patriot” after he shot down US President Donald Trump’s claims that there is a “white genocide” – particularly amongst white farmers – in South Africa.
Rupert was part of SA President Cyril Ramaphosa’s special convoy to the White House on Wednesday, 21 May.
He was joined by world-famous golfers Ernie Els and Retief Goosen, who also shared their views about their home country.
JOHANN RUPERT SLAMS ‘WHITE GENOCIDE CLAIMS’
During the presidential meeting between Cyril Ramaphosa and Donald Trump, the topic of “white genocide” and Afrikaner farm murders quickly became a focal point.
Another burning topic was the recent Expropriation Bill, which Trump believes is “confiscating land” from white South Africans.
During the tense meeting, Trump also had a clip play of Economic Freedom Front (EFF) leader Julius Malema singing struggle song Kill The Boer, and calling for land expropriation.
While Ramaphosa did his best to deny the claims of targeted crime against white South Africans, his voice was repeatedly cut short by Trump.
Ramaphosa called on several members of his entourage to speak up. They included Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen, golfers Ernie Els and Retief Goosen, and businessman Johann Rupert.
Speaking on the topic of “white genocide”, Rupert boldly told Trump: “We have too many deaths. But it’s across the board. It’s not only white farmers”.
He continued: “If you look at the statistics, a lot of the murders – firstly, it’s unemployment, and then illegal aliens”.
Rupert then claimed that the Western Cape – particularly the Cape Flats – had a higher violence and murder rate.
“We’ve got gang warfare”, he added.
SUPPORTING ELON MUSK, THROWING ZUMA UNDER THE BUS
While Johann Rupert supported Cyril Ramaphosa’s rebuttal against Trump, he also endorsed Elon Musk, who has also been accused of spreading misinformation about South Africa.
“We need technological help. We need Starlink in every police station”, Rupert told Trump.
He then took aim at Ramaphosa’s predecessor, Jacob Zuma, who, he claims, rejected his offer of using drones in parks to prevent animal poaching.
Referring to Zuma, Rupert said, “He stopped the importation because he said the US would spy on us.”
‘TRUE PATRIOT’
On the X app, South Africans praised Johann Rupert for speaking up against “white genocide”.
@MogomotsiLebot2: “Johann Rupert is a patriot. That’s it. That’s the tweet”.
@JesseFJacobs: “Rupert is speaking the truth about South Africa. He is telling them the biggest murder rate is not on the farms but the Cape Flats. This is the truth that needed to come out”.
@Shokwakhe16:“Johann Rupert has just said what Ramaphosa is scared to say, that illegal immigrants are behind the spate of killing white farmers”.
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