Workers and their families should prepare for a potential assault on labour rights under a Trump presidency, writes Phakamile Hlubi-Majola.
At a recent election rally, former US President Donald Trump and the richest man in the world, Elon Musk , made public their bromance. Trump, who is the Republican Party ’s presidential candidate, has not always seen eye to eye with the South African -born billionaire. They have shared a fractious relationship that goes back many years.
Thanks to his political connections, which secured billions in state funds to boost his business, South Africa’s first international Tenderpreneur has been able to build a global empire. Musk’s start in business was also aided by the fact that he came from an extremely wealthy family that amassed riches, including an emerald mine, during the dark days of Apartheid. Most self-made billionaires are often already rich, and their families’ wealth makes them even richer.
“Billionaires are not made by rugged individuals; they are made by policy failures in a system that rewards wealth over work.” Trump went on to confound the American political establishment, handily defeating Clinton and becoming the 45th president of the U.S. It came as a shock to many on the left when, in the transition period following the election in December 2016, Musk agreed to be part of one of Trump’s business advisory panels, along with other Silicon Valley executives. So began Trump and Musk’s dalliance.
Inevitably, the two men’s objectives converged: Trump seeks re-election, while Musk aims to impose his influence over America's public square, X, shaping the national narrative. Musk’s recent appearance with and endorsement of Trump is, therefore, the culmination of a lengthy ideological journey. In South Africa, Musk has gained a reputation for spreading claims on X about a supposed genocide of white farmers by the Black government. Trump similarly tweeted in 2018 that then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo must “closely study South African land and farm seizures and expropriations and the large-scale killing of white farmers”.
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