Who Does and Who Doesn't Meet the 'Afrikaner' Criteria for Trump's Resettlement Offer?
- On May 21, 2025, US President Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office regarding alleged white genocide claims in South Africa.
- Trump's claims, echoed by some US officials, rely on false, fear-based rhetoric that misrepresents South Africa's social and political realities.
- The meeting featured video evidence of Julius Malema singing a controversial anti-apartheid song, which South Africa's Equality Court ruled is not hate speech, highlighting ongoing socioeconomic tensions in the country.
- Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille reported a more than 10% increase in US visitors to South Africa, underscoring the country's continued attractiveness despite persistent claims of white genocide.
- The event underscores global misinformation risks and suggests that addressing structural inequality and rejecting divisive myths is crucial for South Africa's social cohesion and international relations.
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Most South African farmers are Black: why Trump got it so wrong
GettyImages by Johann Kirsten, Stellenbosch University and Wandile Sihlobo, Stellenbosch University When world leaders engage, the assumption is always that they engage on issues based on verified facts, which their administrative staff are supposed to prepare. Under this assumption, we thought the meeting at the White House on 21 May between South Africa’s president, Cyril … Continued
There is no genocide in South Africa – but there is billionaire disinformation – The Mail & Guardian
What unfolded recently in the Oval Office — a meeting between US President Donald Trump, President Cyril Ramaphosa, Elon Musk, Johann Rupert, and DA leader John Steenhuisen — was a shameful display of misinformation, disinformation, elite self-preservation and racial scapegoating. It was a calculated act of fear-mongering and a spectacle of national chauvinism of the US state. Trump’s tirade about a genocide against white people, or more spec…
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