South African white genocide does not exist, new ambassador to US tells BBC
The notion of a mass attack on the white Afrikaner minority in South Africa does not exist, he told the BBC, adding that his identity gave him the legitimacy to say so.Meyer was one of the chief mediators to end white-minority rule known as apartheid in South Africa in the 1990s. "But I'm not here to represent the Afrikaner only," Meyer says.Last week, the Trump administration announced visa restrictions for those South Africans who it said were responsible for "race-based discrimination" against white people. It also warned of further punitive actions if South African leaders did not address the issue.Police data shows the majority of victims of crime in South Africa, including on farms, are black.
- ▪The notion of a mass attack on the white Afrikaner minority in South Africa does not exist, he told the BBC, adding that his identity gave him the legitimacy to say so.Meyer was one of the chief mediators to end white-minority rule known as
- ▪"But I'm not here to represent the Afrikaner only," Meyer says.Last week, the Trump administration announced visa restrictions for those South Africans who it said were responsible for "race-based discrimination" against white people.
- ▪It also warned of further punitive actions if South African leaders did not address the issue.Police data shows the majority of victims of crime in South Africa, including on farms, are black.
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South African white genocide does not exist, new ambassador to US tells BBC<div class="ssrcss-1553su4-ErrorMessage eitf6465"><div class="ssrcss-h7lv7m-StyledInnerContainer eitf6464"><div class="ssrcss-nbxsk2-TextContent eitf6461"><h2 type="normal" class="ssrcss-89o2pv-Heading e10rt3ze0">To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.</h2><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">This video can not be played</p></div></div></div>Figure caption, Are claims of a white genocide in South Africa real?ByIone Wells, Mayeni Jones and Ed HabershonPublished33 minutes agoSouth Africa's new ambassador to Washington has a personal reason to challenge Donald Trump's assertion that there is a genocide against white Afrikaners - he is "a born Afrikaner" himself."Is he talking about…
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