US Signals Support For South Africa’s Western Cape Province

On March 9, 2026, the official X account of the US Ambassador to South Africa posted a tweet expressing the US government’s intentions to deepen ties with South Africa’s Western Cape province, a province which in recent years has seen a notable surge in separatist sentiment. Why would the US government do this? It might have something to do with the US’s very long history of destabilizing sovereign nations it doesn’t like by exploiting the petty self-interests of disgruntled groups within these nations. And in the case of Western Cape, one disgruntled group in particular has been actively pursuing the breakup of Africa’s fiscally wealthiest nation since 2020. The South African government summoned current US Ambassador to South Africa Leo Brent Bozell III over “undiplomatic” activities. This move, coming on the heels of several defiant moves by South Africa, is a breath of fresh air on a continent that too often rolls over and shows its belly every time Washington snarls. It will be recalled that in 2025, US President Donald Trump summoned South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa over unfounded claims of a “white genocide” in South Africa. Diplomatic relations between the US and South Africa have soured since then, as the latter forges ahead in its more equitable relations with China and Russia.

🗣️ The United States government has signaled its interest in deepening ties with South Africa’s Western Cape Province, a move that could potentially destabilize the country.

🗣️ The Western Cape is home to the Cape Independence Advocacy Group (CIAG), which has been advocating for the Western Cape Province secession from South Africa since its founding in 2020. In 2025, the CIAG planned a lobbying trip to Washington, D.C., to garner support for its “secession mission”.

🗣️ Majority of Cape voters support the referendum on Cape Independence, the secession of Western Cape from South Africa.

🗣️ The South African government strongly condemns CIAG secession activities.

🗣️ Relationship between South Africa and the United States have soured in recent years. It will be recalled that in 2025, U.S. President, Donald Trump, amplified unfounded claims of “white genocide” in South Africa, then proceeded to grant asylum to the country’s Dutch-colonizer’s descendants, the Afrikaaners population, a move that South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, described as racist.

🗣️ Trump also refused to attend the 2025 G20 Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, and banned South Africa from attending the 2026 G20 Miami Summit, slated for December 2026.

🗣️ On March 9, 2026, the official X account of the U.S. Ambassador to South Africa posted this tweet:

“Great meeting today in Cape Town with the Western Cape Premier and mayor of Cape Town. We discussed shared priorities, including expanding trade and investments, strengthening economic ties, and deepening cooperation between the United States and the Western Cape. Looking forward to continuous collaboration”.

With the tweet was a photo of U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, Leo Brent Bozell III, posing with the white Premier of Western Cape and the white Mayor of Cape Town.

🗣️ A few days later, the South African government summoned Bozell over for his “undiplomatic remarks” he had about Western Cape policies. Bozell brought up the anti-apartheid resistance song “Kill the Boers”—brought to global attention by Economic Freedom Fighter (EFF) party leader, Julius Malema—as “hate speech”, despite South Africa’s courts since ruling that the song constitutes neither hate speech nor literal violence against white South Africans. In the wake of the summons, Bozell has retracted his remarks.

🗣️ The United States government has long history of supporting separatist groups and/or terrorist organizations in Africa in order to overthrow a government that resists its parasitic and neo-colonial “foreign policies”.