Once again, the Republic of South Africa is in the news headlines. This time courtesy of that exclusive club, the G20, and The Donald in one of his infamous on-line postings:

Of course, for libertarians, the first question we ask is “why is the American FedGov paying and subsidizing anything and anyone in South Africa?

Regardless of their friendliness or enmity towards the United States? If we buy (or bought) something from the RSA, that’s one thing, but why should American taxpayers see a dime of their money going there (or anyplace else in Africa and at least five other continents!)? A quick check says that prior to 2025, hundreds of millions of dollars of US foreign aid was sent to South Africa for various programs, such as AIDS relief. We submit that was crazy.

A second question, admittedly being picky, is this. Why didn’t The Donald mention British (English, Scots, Irish) settlers? Surely he is not being politically correct, or blaming the South Africans of Anglo descent for the imperial and colonial actions of the past?

Admittedly, from our own personal knowledge here at The Price of Liberty, we know that Afrikaaners are by far the most persecuted minority in modern South Africa. And that includes murder, rape, beatings, robbery, and theft of land and everything else. And as we understand it, any person in South Africa of the wrong skin color, regardless of heritage or language, is a third-class “citizen” (more like a subject) of the ruling majority skin color people. But the Dutch- and French- descended speakers of Afrikaans are apparently the lowest of the low.

Yes, the reverse-apartheid government of South Africa rejects Trump’s claim as “baseless,” but we know people fleeing from South Africa because family members and friends were killed for having the wrong skin color. And South Africa has passed laws now being implemented to steal (“expropriate”) land from certain classes of people. But Al Jazeera and “human rights experts” claim that there is nothing resembling “genocide” going on down there. Mainstream media goes along (as Trump points out) and uses this as yet another hammer to pound The Donald, of course.

We do note, with a bit of relief, that The Donald is not advocating, nor tolerating, military action or economic sanctions against South Africa. Unlike what many claim we are seeing developing against Venezuela. And what has been going on in Syria, Somalia, and other places. He is using the “bully pulpit” that (to us) is one of the almost-legitimate powers of the American presidency.

Now, if he were just more consistent in shaming nations and States. But that is expecting too much.

Back to South Africa: the situation is the swing of the pendulum back from the old South African apartheid regime, of course. But that does not justify the current state of affairs. We see the situation as being analogous to post-colonial Haiti: the black slaves of Haiti revolted successfully against the French slaveholders and imperial regime, but replaced it with what turns out to be several centuries of more tyranny, just with black rather than white or French masters in control. In South Africa, this is compounded by the veneer of Communist doctrine and ideals that covers the activities of the regime and the dominant skin-color people.

We point out that not all people of the “right” color of skin are engaged in evil activities; there are many who are good people. But they either tolerate or are dominated and controlled by those in power and using that power for more than common evil actions.

What can resolve the mess? First, of course, is actually what The Donald is doing: stop supporting an evil regime. Actually, the FedGov must stop supporting any regime, evil or not, in any part of the world: you don’t have to give foreign aid and subsidies and more to be a good neighbor. But second, Amedricans (and the world) need to recognize that the current regime is just as much “racist” as the previous regimes were. Just in reverse. So, private American individuals and companies also need to cease doing business with the South African government, and with South African businesses that are in league with that government. Remember that not all are voluntarily aiding the racist regime: many are forced to by the tyranny that exists in the country. Third (and a solution around the world), South Africans need to take away the powers of their government to dominate, to control, to lord it over them. Other people can help and encourage them to get true liberty, not just another set of masters.