“Let’s Grow South Africa Together”: Americans Get Gifted Land in SA, Mzansi Feels Optimistic

“Let’s Grow South Africa Together”: Americans Get Gifted Land in SA, Mzansi Feels Optimistic

  • South Africans felt inspired by a group of African Americans who were gifted land, because of their desire to grow it
  • The people from the states shared their gratitude with the Ndebele Kingdom and expressed how much they would love to learn from them
  • Netizens across the country saw the goal of nation-building as a positive, while others were sceptical about the foreigner's intentions
African Americans expressed their interests to grow South Africa, netizens were very happy about it.
A group of people from the US have stated their intention to grow the Ndebele lands and some South Africans are excited about it. Images: trinamcgeeofficial
Source: TikTok

A group of African Americans caught the attention of netizens after being gifted South African land from a Ndebele tribe. The act drew some support from South Africans while others were not so sure about the intentions of the individuals.

Back to the motherland

TikToker @trinamcgeeofficial shared the clip showing what seems to be a man with his wife and their companions at a table with the leaders of the Ndebele Kingdom. The man speaking gave his thanks to the leaders and shared his desire to grow the land and to learn from them.

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Watch the heart-warming video below:

Development is the goal

Throughout the lady's TikTok page, various posts focus on black history content. Clips about various historical and significant events throughout black history (be it African American history) and other clips show more African Americans wanting to grow the Ndebele land gifted to them.

The lady has shared various farming videos as well as black history content
Several farming videos can be found on the American lady's TikTok page. Image: PeopleImages
Source: Getty Images

Mzansi had mixed feelings about the clip while most people showed their support to the well-meaning foreigners. Read the comments below:

@BrendaMabetha said:

"Come home.We love you. Let's grow South Africa together 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦others are leaving."

@trippygeezus35 mentioned:

"But they won’t gift an ordinary Ndebele land."

@Lolwethu commented:

"Love the fact that they seeked indigenous roots instead of the content driven expeditions we usually see ❤️"

@Khandizwe Huey🇿🇦 stated:

"Welcome home brother, we respect the king's decision.🇿🇦"

@TeeJay🇿🇦 noted:

"As long as we respect each other... Well all get along just fine. South Africa is a beautiful place and we love people.. Every negative thing is pure propaganda."

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@RedmanButhelezi said:

"This thing of having foreign friends access to your King yet your people don’t have any access to you as their leader must stop."

@Tsakani mentioned:

"You are welcome. You seem humble not the giants that keep on hating us."

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Siphesihle Z Luthango (Editor) Siphesihle Luthango is a human interest writer at Briefly News. He has a strong background in digital media and storytelling. Graduating cum laude in Journalism and International Studies from Monash South Africa (2018-2020), he has worked across various platforms, from online news and business reporting to digital marketing and content creation. He has written for The West African Times (2021), and Floww (2023-2024) writing human interest and business stories. Siphesihle has expertise in multimedia journalism, SEO, and digital marketing. Email: siphesihle.luthango@briefly.co.za

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