South African government, Afrikaners reject Trump administration claim of a humanitarian emergency | PBS News

President Donald Trump announced he was increasing the refugee cap for white South Africans because of "an unforeseen emergency refugee situation." He blamed the South African government for "recent increases in the incitement of racially motivated violence," but gave no specific information. .

South African Foreign Ministry spokesperson Chrispin Phiri said accusations of systemic persecution of Afrikaners were unfounded and that some beneficiaries of the refugee program have chosen to return to South Africa… 

Spokesman Jaco Kleynhans said the organization didn't know about any "unforeseen emergency refugee situation" for Afrikaners but respected the autonomy of U.S. refugee policy...

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/south-african-government-afrikaners-reject-trump-administration-claim-of-a-humanitarian-emergency

 

Trump's image of dead 'white farmers' came from Reuters footage in Congo, not South Africa | Reuters

In meeting with South Africa's president, Trump showed article with picture of body bags… 

Trump said bodies were those of white South Africans killed in the country… 

 Picture was a screenshot of a Reuters video taken in Democratic Republic of Congo in February…

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/trumps-image-dead-white-farmers-came-reuters-footage-congo-not-south-africa-2025-05-22/ 

 

 

Trump ambushes South African president with video and false claims of anti-white racism | Trump administration | The Guardian

Cyril Ramaphosa responds to hectoring stunt in Oval Office and egregious claim of white genocide by suggesting calm…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/21/trump-south-africa-president-meeting 

 

Trump’s ‘white genocide’ claims ignore the reality of life and crime in South Africa | Trump administration | The Guardian

It was not immediately clear where the white crosses had been filmed or even whether the footage was real. The Whitkruis Monument is a memorial to dead South African farmers, but the crosses are clustered on a hillside on private land. 

While there have been farm murders involving horrific violence, killers interviewed in jail told Rudolph Zinn, a University of Limpopo professor, that they targeted victims of all races for cash and valuables. In the last quarter of 2024, South African police recorded 12 murders on farms, including Black-owned smallholder plots, out of almost 7,000 murders across the country...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/21/trump-south-african-president-meeting 

Trump falsely claims Australia being ‘inundated’ by white South Africans fleeing ‘genocide’ | Australian immigration and asylum | The Guardian

South Africa is not in the top 10 of countries of origin for humanitarian entrants into Australia. Conflict-torn countries including Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Myanmar dominate that list. 

Australia's South African-born population (not limited to humanitarian or refugee entrants) is the seventh-largest migrant community in Australia. It represents about 2.6% of Australia's overseas-born population and 0.8% of Australia's total population...

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/22/trump-false-claim-australia-white-genocide-south-africa