Are white Afrikaner minorities really being targeted in South Africa?
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has sharply criticized allegations that white South Africans are being politically persecuted
This week the first group of Afrikaners arrived in the United States, as part of President Donald Trump鈥檚 initiative to resettle them in his country.
President Trump alleges that this ethnic group is being targeted.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a genocide that鈥檚 taking place that you people don鈥檛 want to write about. But it鈥檚 a terrible thing that鈥檚 taking place, and white farmers are being brutally killed and their land is being confiscated in South Africa. And the newspapers and the media, television media doesn鈥檛 even talk about it鈥�, he recently told reporters.
But his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa hit back.
鈥淲e are the only country on the continent where the colonizers came to stay and we have never driven them out of our country鈥�.
The latest developments come as the two heads of state are preparing to meet in the coming days, to discuss their political fallout.
In this episode, Africa Daily鈥檚 Alan Kasujja attempts to find out if Afrikaners are really being persecuted in South Africa.
Guests: AfriForum CEO Kallie Kriel, AgriSA CEO Johann Kotze and political commentator Advocate Dwight Snyman
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