False claims about white genocide in South Africa [View all]
By Tim Cocks and Nellie Peyton
May 22, 20257:07 PM EDTUpdated 12 hours ago
... Supporters of the theory point to murders of white farmers in remote rural parts of the country as proof of a politically orchestrated campaign of ethnic cleansing, rather than ordinary violent crime ...
The government has a policy of attempting to redress inequalities in land ownership that are a legacy of apartheid and colonialism. But no land has been expropriated, and the government has instead tried to encourage white farmers to sell their land willingly ...
Trump held up a printed sheet of paper with a picture of people lifting body bags and said, "These are all white farmers that are being buried".
The image actually showed humanitarian workers burying bodies in the city of Goma in Democratic Republic of Congo. It was a screengrab taken from Reuters video footage in early February following deadly battles against Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who had captured the city ...
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-makes-false-claims-white-genocide-south-africa-during-ramaphosa-meeting-2025-05-21/
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