By Thapelo Molefe
President Cyril Ramaphosa and US President Donald Trump are expected to meet next week, amid growing tensions over Trump’s claims of violence against white farmers in the country and his administration welcoming Afrikaners as refugees.
“Because they’re being killed, and we don’t want to see people be killed,” Trump said during a press conference when asked why his administration is offering expedited refugee status to Afrikaners while continuing to restrict admissions from war-torn countries like Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
“It’s a terrible thing that’s taking place. And farmers are being killed. They happen to be white. But whether they’re white or black makes no difference to me… their land is being confiscated in South Africa,” Trump said, labeling the situation a “genocide”.
He also accused the media of ignoring the plight of white South African farmers, adding, “If it were the other way around,
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