(15 May 2025)
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Bothaville, South Africa – 15 May 2025
1. Wide of farmers and visitors at the Nampo Agricultural Show
2. Farmers looking at agricultural machines
3. Deputy President Paul Mashatile inside a livestock area
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Mashatile, South African Deputy President:
“Well the farmers that we have met here today are saying they are happy to stay in South Africa. All they need is for us to work with them to address the challenges they face. One of them is rural roads. They want us to work with them to deal with that. Then there’s rural safety because we know over the years, people in the farming communities have been attacked, and crime has been rife. They want us to work with them on that so that we can deal with those issues.”
5. Mashatile walking through agricultural show
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Mashatile, South African Deputy President:
“They are saying to us, if you work with us on these issues, we have no problem. We are committed South Africans who want to stay here. We’re not going anywhere and we do encourage those who are leaving to please stay. There’s no need to leave, let’s work together, let’s build this beautiful country."
7. Mashatile being told about different cow breeds
8. Cows on show
9. Wide of farmers, spectators and families at agricultural show
STORYLINE:
South African President Paul Mashatile on Thursday urged white South African farmers to stay in South Africa.
This follows the recent departure of 49 Afrikaners to the United States.
The Trump administration brought more than 50 white South Africans to the U.S. this week as refugees, saying they are members of the minority Afrikaner group and are being persecuted by their Black-led government and exposed to race-based violence.
Mashatile was attending the National Maize Producers Organisation (Nampo Show), which is considered the biggest agricultural show in Southern Africa.
“The farmers that we have met here today are saying they are happy to stay in South Africa. All they need is for us to work with them to address the challenges they face. One of them is rural roads. They want us to work with them to deal with that. Then there’s rural safety because we know over the years, people in the farming communities have been attacked, and crime has been rife. They want us to work with them on that so that we can deal with those issues,” Mashatile said.
The Deputy President also called upon Afrikaners who were planning on leaving, to stay and help grow the country.
“We’re not going anywhere and we do encourage those who are leaving to please stay. There’s no need to leave, let’s build this beautiful country.”
AP Video shot by Alfonso Nqunjana
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