We, the undersigned parliamentarians from across the world, condemn the U.S. executive order targeting South Africa and call for its immediate repeal.
President Trump’s 7 February order halts critical financial aid under the false pretense of protecting Afrikaners from “government-sponsored race-based discrimination.”
In reality, Trump’s order marks a retaliation against South Africa for daring to pursue its self-determination at home and express its solidarities abroad.
South Africa’s proposed land reform is a necessary response to historic inequality: White South Africans — 8% of the population, control 72% of freehold farmland.
Yet the U.S. now seeks to weaponize aid for South Africa’s pursuit of social and economic justice in its own country.
The humanitarian consequences of Trump’s retaliation are dire: 6 million South Africans on HIV/AIDS treatment risk losing PEPFAR funding, while 350,000 jobs and $7 billion in exports are now under threat.
This order echoes the darkest chapters of U.S. foreign policy, recalling its support for apartheid and its labeling of the African National Congress as a terrorist organisation.
We write today not only in defence of South Africa, but also in defence of the UN Charter that guarantees the sovereign equality of all nations without fear of foreign intervention.
We call on our own governments to take appropriate action, pursuing new mechanisms to support South Africa’s public health programs and to expand new avenues for international trade to bolster its economy against efforts to exclude it.
The struggle for South African democracy did not end with apartheid. This moment demands the renewal of international solidarity with the South African people as they face this assault on their right to self-determination.
Signed:
- Abdoul Ahad Ndiaye, Senegal
- Adnan Hussain, United Kingdom
- Adrian Ramsay, United Kingdom
- Águeda Micó, Spain
- Agustín Santos, Spain
- Aina Vidal, Spain
- Alberto Ibañez, Spain
- Ana Miranda, Spain
- Andy McDonald, United Kingdom
- Arnau Le Gall, France
- Ayoub Khan, United Kingdom
- Bastiaan van Apeldoorn, Netherlands
- Berdan Öztürk, Türkiye
- Brian Leishman, United Kingdom
- Candela López, Spain
- Carla Denyer, United Kingdom
- Carlos Martín, Spain
- Carola Rackete, Germany
- Catarina Martins, Portugal
- Celia Wade-Brown, New Zealand
- Charlie Angus, Canada
- Claire Lejeune, France
- Clara López Obregón, Colombia
- Clémence Guetté, France
- Clive Lewis, United Kingdom
- Coca Ericka Ñanco Vásquez, Chile
- Dandara Tonantzin, Brazil
- Daniele Obono, France
- Don Davies, Canada
- Ellie Chowns, United Kingdom
- Eloi Badia, Spain
- Emmanuel Fernandes, France
- Engracia Rivera, Spain
- Enrique de Santiago, Spain
- Ersilia Soudais, France
- Esther Gil de Reboleño, Spain
- Félix Alonso, Spain
- Francisco Sierra, Spain
- Gabriel Marcelo Fuks, Argentina
- Gabrielle Cathala, France
- George Loukaides, Cyprus
- Gerardo Pisarello, Spain
- Grahame Morris, United Kingdom
- Guy Marius Sagna, Senegal
- Hadrien Clouet, France
- Hana Jalloul, Spain
- Ian Byrne, United Kingdom
- Ian Lavery, United Kingdom
- Ione Belarra, Spain
- Iqbal Mohamed, United Kingdom
- Javier Sánchez, Spain
- Jeremy Corbyn, United Kingdom
- John McDonnell, United Kingdom
- Jon Trickett, United Kingdom
- Jorge Pueyo, Spain
- Juan Antonio Valero, Spain
- Julie Anne Genter, New Zealand
- Kemal Bilmez, Belgium
- Kim Johnson, United Kingdom
- Lander Martínez, Spain
- Li Andersson, Finland
- Lidia Thorpe, Australia
- Lynn Boylan, Ireland
- Manuel Lago, Spain
- Marama Davidson, New Zealand
- Marc Botenga, Belgium
- Martina Velarde, Spain
- Mathilde Panot, France
- Merja Kyllönen, Finland
- Nabil Boukili, Belgium
- Nadia Moscufo, Belgium
- Nadia Whittome, United Kingdom
- Nahuel González, Spain
- Natalie Eggermont, Belgium
- Neil Duncan-Jordan, United Kingdom
- Niki Ashton, Canada
- Noemí Santana, Spain
- Özgül Saki, Türkiye
- Peder Hvelplund, Denmark
- Pedro Uczai, Brazil
- Pernando Barrena, Spain
- Peter Mertens, Belgium
- Pierre-Yves Cadalen, France
- Rafael Cofiño, Spain
- Richard Burgon, United Kingdom
- Richard Leonard, Scotland
- Rima Hassan, France
- Robin Tonniau, Belgium
- Ross Greer, Scotland
- Rudi Kennes, Belgium
- Sevim Dagdelen, Germany
- Shockat Adam, United Kingdom
- Siân Berry, United Kingdom
- Sofie Merckx, Belgium
- Sophia Chikirou, France
- Steve Witherden, United Kingdom
- Teanau Tuiono, New Zealand
- Tesh Sidi, Spain
- Thomas Portes, France
- Txema Guijarro, Spain
- Verónica Martínez, Spain
- Vicenç Vidal, Spain
- Viviane Ogou Corbi, Spain
- Zarah Sultana, United Kingdom
- Zuleima Slebi, Colombia
