2026年10月4日 美国东部时间7:33 / 福克斯新闻频道
博泽尔称拉马福萨未能制止“杀死布尔人”口号，基于种族的矿业规定正阻碍数十亿美元投资
作者：保罗·蒂尔斯利，福克斯新闻
独家：美驻南非大使博泽尔在与南非紧张关系升级之际划清界限
美国驻南非大使L·布伦特·博泽尔三世在接受福克斯新闻数字频道驻非洲记者保罗·蒂尔斯利的独家专访时发声。
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约翰内斯堡： 美国驻南非大使猛烈抨击该国总统西里尔·拉马福萨，他在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示：“南非有一位总统拒绝谴责煽动杀人的言论。”
大使L·布伦特·博泽尔三世在接受福克斯新闻数字频道独家专访时强烈回应了此事——本周早些时候，南非外交部召见了他，并批评他“不符合外交礼仪”。
这是博泽尔上任九个月以来第三次收到比勒陀利亚方面的外交照会——也就是外交谴责。此前，博泽尔因传递特朗普总统对南非政策和言论的谴责而遭到南非方面抨击。博泽尔曾是福克斯新闻撰稿人，也是美国最大的保守派媒体监督机构“媒体研究中心”的创始人。
特朗普政府因南非所谓种族歧视、土地没收问题实施新签证限制
他此前多次推动解决16个月前在白宫椭圆形办公室与南非总统拉马福萨激烈交锋时，特朗普总统提出的相关议题。其中包括所谓的基于种族的歧视、针对农场主的谋杀和酷刑指控、无补偿土地没收计划，以及煽动针对少数群体的暴力行为。
这位大使表示，特朗普政府提出的五项具体“诉求”中有三项被南非无视。
“诉求”清单中最首要的是特朗普总统要求拉马福萨总统制止南非民众高呼“杀死布尔人！杀死农场主！”的口号。根据韦氏词典，布尔人是指荷兰或胡格诺派后裔的南非白人，该词典将其定义为“荷兰或胡格诺派后裔的南非人”。拉马福萨曾声称他无法阻止民众高呼这一口号，因为该国最高法院已裁定该口号可以使用。
博泽尔告诉福克斯新闻数字频道：“南非有一位总统拒绝谴责煽动杀人的言论。”
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他补充道：“南非政府表示不会再为阿非利卡人农村社区提供任何支持，政府还表示，不行，你们的矿业项目必须通过基于种族的审批程序。我们不会允许你们的投资按照其他国家投资者的同等条件进行。”
“在我们看来，这就是三次犯规，直接出局，”博泽尔说道。
“问问全世界100个人，‘杀死农场主！杀死布尔人’算不算仇恨言论，”他继续说道，“如果这都不算仇恨言论，那我不知道什么才算了：这是在煽动人们实施谋杀。我们得到的回应却是，嗯，法院说它不算。对此我们的回应是，听着，在美国，总统可以不同意法院的判决，而且几乎每隔五分钟就会这么做，因为在民主国家，当你不同意某件事时，就该这么做。”
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博泽尔补充道：“所以说，‘你不能这么做，因为法院说它不算’，这简直是胡言乱语。如果拉马福萨总统想这么做，他完全可以做到。就这么简单。”
这位大使反复强调这一点：“在体育场里有5万人跳起来大喊口号，还做出举枪射击的动作，这种时候，说一句‘停止吧’有多难？煽动他人杀人的行为实在太恶劣了。”
分析人士表示，南非正日益亲近伊朗、俄罗斯、甚至中国和古巴。执政党非洲人国民大会（ANC）在所谓的“民族团结政府”中执政，该党曾接待恐怖组织哈马斯。
这一点也受到了特朗普政府的高度关注。特朗普总统最近再次在华盛顿会见了博泽尔，大使告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，总统的想法“最重要的是，他担心南非正系统性地脱离不结盟阵营，越来越靠近我们的对手。”
谈及南非，大使补充道：“有些人还沉浸在苏联时代的辉煌岁月里，他们想回到共产主义的美好旧时光。他们为什么还在和古巴打交道？”
进一步深究，博泽尔问道：“他们为什么要和伊朗以及哈马斯恐怖组织合作？俄罗斯能为他们提供什么？中国又能为他们提供什么？他们朝着这个方向发展绝非好事。我们想说的只是，做你一直以来做的事：保持不结盟。我们对此可以接受。”
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大使强调，美国希望与南非在矿业领域建立充满活力的合作，特别是关键矿产或稀土矿产方面。他表示：“我们不会像中国人那样行事。他们进来拿走矿石，运到中国，从中获利，赚得盆满钵满。我们对南非说，我们会进来，在当地开展矿业开采，就在南非境内进行。”
他继续说道：“南非能拿到钱，而不是中国人。我们会带来他们根本无法掌握的技术。我们已经创造了数十万个就业岗位。我们说，在他们迫切需要就业的时候，我们可以创造越来越多的就业机会，这对我们双方都有利。这就是我们想要的伙伴关系。”
埃隆·马斯克和他的星链卫星互联网公司是众多希望进入南非市场的美国公司之一。但在电信和矿业领域，南非政府坚持要求外国公司必须将30%的股权出让给当地黑人企业家。
博泽尔表示，这对美国企业来说是个难题。“美国企业和美国政府准备投入数十亿美元用于矿业投资，但只要存在这些基于种族的硬性要求，这些资金就不会流入南非。在电信领域，埃隆·马斯克曾表示，如果获得许可，他将为500所学校安装星链网络，并永久承担相关费用。但他们却说：‘我们要你公司30%的股权。’所以，这当然会造成损害。”
周五，南非国际关系与合作部（即外交部）一位高级官员向福克斯新闻数字频道证实，他们第三次召见博泽尔大使，并称：“这是史无前例的。我们召见他是为了让他解释其不符合外交礼仪的行为。两国双边关系相关议题正在持续讨论中。双方都致力于解决悬而未决的问题。南非珍视与美国的关系，这是互利共赢的伙伴关系。”
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同样在周五，美国国务院发言人告诉福克斯新闻数字频道：“我们无意进行外交周旋、程序拖延或为对话而对话。现在主动权完全在南非政府手中，他们需要明确其希望与美国建立何种关系，并相应回应特朗普总统的行政令。”
尽管如此，博泽尔对美南关系的未来仍持谨慎乐观态度。“听着，局势可能会升温，但我也希望他们那边的紧张情绪能够降温。我们希望建立这种伙伴关系，我们想找到解决办法。这对南非有利，对美国也有利。紧张情绪需要降温，我们必须找到解决方案。”
保罗·蒂尔斯利是资深记者，三十多年来在四大洲进行报道。他常驻南非约翰内斯堡，可在X平台关注他：@paultilsley。
Exclusive: Trump envoy blasts South Africa over hateful ‘kill’ chant, says country is drifting toward US foes
October 4, 2026 7:33am EDT / Fox News
Bozell says Ramaphosa won’t stop ‘Kill the Boer’ chants and race-based mining rules are blocking billions in investment
By Paul Tilsley, Fox News
Exclusive: US Ambassador Bozell draws line amid rising tensions with South Africa
U.S. Ambassador to South Africa L. Brent Bozell III speaks out in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital Africa-based reporter Paul Tilsley.
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JOHANNESBURG: The U.S. ambassador to South Africa has hit out at the country’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa,telling Fox News Digital,”You’ve got a president of South Africa who refuses to condemn an incitement to kill.”
Ambassador L. Brent Bozell III was responding strongly, in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, to being summoned this past week to South Africa’s foreign ministry and criticized for ‘undiplomatic conduct.”
This is the third time the ambassador has received a démarche — a diplomatic rebuke — from Pretoria in the nine months since he arrived here. The ambassador has been slammed by South Africa for relaying President Trump’s condemnation of South African policies and statements. Bozell is a former Fox News contributor and founder of the largest conservative media watchdog, the Media Research Center.
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The Peaceful Boere march from the Castle of Cape Town to Parliament attended by over 300 individuals to pay tribute to murdered farmers on October 25, 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa. According to media reports, a monument was erected in Paarl in remembrance of those killed on farms.(Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
He has repeatedly pushed for issues brought up by President Trump in a testy confrontation in the Oval Office with South Africa’s President Ramaphosa 16 months ago to be addressed. Among other points, these include alleged race-based discrimination, allegations of murder and torture of farmers, plans for uncompensated land seizures and the incitement of violence against minority groups.
The ambassador said three of the five specific ‘asks’ the Trump administration wants have been ignored by South Africa.
High up the list of ‘asks’ is President Trump’s demand that President Ramaphosa stops people in South Africa from shouting “Kill the Boer! Kill the farmer!” A Boer is a white man, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary. It defines it as “a South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent”. Ramaphosa has claimed he can’t stop people chanting this slogan because it’s been cleared for use by the country’s supreme court.
Bozell told Fox News Digital, “You’ve got a president of South Africa who refuses to condemn an incitement to kill.”
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U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Brent Bozell III (L) poses for a photograph after presenting letters of credence to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (R) at Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guest House in Pretoria on April 8, 2026.(Phill Magakoe / AFP via Getty Images)
He added, “You’ve got a government that has said it’s not going to do any more for the Afrikaner rural community, and it’s got a government that’s saying no, your mining has to go through race-based programs. We’re not going to allow your investments to go the way everyone else has been allowed to go”.
“Those were three strikes and you’re out as far as we were concerned,” Bozell said.
“Ask 100% of the world if “kill the farmer!, kill the Boer” isn’t hate speech,” he continued. “If that isn’t hate speech, I don’t know what hate speech is: inciting people to commit murder. So the answer we’ve gotten is, well, the court said it isn’t. To which our response is look, in the United States, the president can disagree with the court and does about every five minutes because that’s what you do in a democracy when you disagree with something.”
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President Donald Trump meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House, on Wednesday, May 21, in Washington.(AP/Evan Vucci)
Bozell added, “So, to say, well, you can’t do it because the court said it’s not, you know, that’s poppycock. If President Ramaphosa, if he wants to, he can do it. It’s just as simple as that.”
The ambassador pushed hard on the point, saying “How hard is it to say this chant, where some, where people do it, 50,000 people in the stadium jump up and down, pantomiming guns, shooting people, how hard is it to say, stop it? This is awful that anybody would be inciting people to kill.”
President Donald Trump shows documents as he meets South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House on Thursday, May 21, in Washington.(AP/Evan Vucci)
South Africa, analysts say, is drawing ever closer to Iran, Russia, China even Cuba. The African National Congress, the ANC, the party which rules the country in the so-called ‘government of national unity’, has hosted the terror group Hamas.
This is very much on the administration’s radar. President Trump met with Bozell in Washington again recently, with the ambassador telling Fox News Digital the president’s thinking “perhaps most of all, he’s concerned about how South Africa has been systematically leaving the non-alignment space and moving closer and closer to our adversaries.”
Referring to South Africa, the ambassador added, “There are people who are living in the glory days of the Soviet Union, and they want to go back to the good old days of communism. Why are they still working with Cuba?”
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan on Oct. 22, 2024.(Alexander Nemenov/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Digging deeper, Bozell asked, “Why are they working with Iran and Hamas terror organizations? What’s Russia doing for them? What’s China doing for them? This is bad news when they’re going in that direction. What we’re saying is simply do what you’ve always done. Have a non-aligned with both sides. We’ll live with that.”
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The ambassador stressed that the U.S. wants to make dynamic business with South Africa on mining, particularly on critical or rare earth minerals. He stated, “We’re not going to do what the Chinese do. They come in, they take the ore, they take it to China, they benefit [from] it and they make a pile of money. We’re saying to South Africa, we’ll come in, we’ll do the mining, we’ll do it right there in South Africa.”
He continued,”South Africa gets the money, not the Chinese. We bring in the technology that they could never have. We’ve created hundreds of thousands of jobs. We’re saying we could create more and more and more at a time when they desperately need it, but it will be good for us as well. This is the partnership we want.”
South African shoppers in Pretoria’s Central Business District.(Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Elon Musk and his Starlink satellite internet company are one of many U.S. companies which want to enter South Africa. But in the telecommunications and mining fields, the government insists that 30% of foreign company ownership must be given to black local entrepreneurs.
Bozell says this is problematical for the U.S. “There are literally billions of dollars from American firms and American government investments ready to go into mining, but it’s not going to go there so long as you have these race-based avenues they must go through. In telecom, Elon Musk has said he will put Starlink in 500 schools and pay for it in perpetuity if he’s allowed to go this way. And they said, “No, we want 30% of your company. So yeah, of course it’s hurting.”
Mined platinum rich rock sits inside a freight wagon in the mine shaft during a media tour of the Sibanye-Stillwater Khuseleka platinum mine, operated by Sibanye Gold Ltd., outside Rustenburg, South Africa on Wednesday, Oct. 16 2019. Sibanye said its on track to resume paying dividends next year, should the company settle a wage dispute with platinum-mine workers without too much disruption.(Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
On Friday, a senior official at South Africa’s Department of International Relations – the country’s foreign ministry – confirmed to Fox News Digital that they demarched Ambassador Bozell for a third time, adding, “This is a record. He was called in to explain his undiplomatic conduct. The issues related to the bilateral relations between the two countries are a subject of ongoing discussions. There is commitment from both sides to resolve the outstanding matters. South Africa values the relationship with the USA. It is a mutually beneficial partnership”.
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Also, Friday, a State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital, “We are not interested in diplomatic maneuvering, procedural delays, or dialogue for dialogue’s sake. The ball is now squarely in the Government of South Africa’s court to outline the relationship it wants with the United States and respond accordingly to President Trump’s executive order.”
Still, Bozell looks to the future of the U.S. – South Africa relationship with guarded optimism. “Look, temperatures can go up, but I want their temperature to go down too. You know, we want this partnership. We want to figure this out. It’s good for South Africa. It’s good for the United States of America. Temperatures need to go down, and we got to figure it out.”
Paul Tilsley is a veteran correspondent who has reported from four continents for more than three decades. Based in Johannesburg, South Africa, he can be followed on X @paultilsley.
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