Trump confronts South Africa's Ramaphosa with genocide claim Karl Sexton | Richard Connor | Farah Bahgat with AP and Reuters ++++ © 2025 Deutsche Welle

Trump confronts South Africa's Ramaphosa with genocide claim Karl Sexton | Richard Connor | Farah Bahgat with AP and Reuters Published 8 hours agoPublished 8 hours agolast updated 16 minutes agolast updated 16 minutes ago In a tense encounter in front of reporters, Donald Trump stunned Cyril Ramaphosa with a video of claims of a white "genocide" in South Africa. The trip had aimed to salvage strained bilateral ties. DW has more. https://www.dw.com/en/trump-confronts-south-africas-ramaphosa-with-genocide-claim/live-72618239 © 2025 Deutsche Welle South Africa Under apartheid, South Africa segregated Black South Africans from their white counterparts, leading to the systematic discrimination of the non-white population. The first free elections were held in 1994 Donald Trump 'impervious' to arguments from Cyril Ramaphosa Janelle Dumalaon | Dianne Hawker | Phil Gayle 2 hours ago2 hours ago In a confrontational meeting at the White House, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa had to listen to claims of a genocide of white South Africans by US President Donald Trump. Ramaphosa tried unsuccessfully to give Trump facts about his country. https://www.dw.com/en/donald-trump-impervious-to-arguments-from-cyril-ramaphosa/video-72627544 © 2025 Deutsche Welle South African farmers refute Trump: No 'white genocide' Dianne Hawker 9 hours ago9 hours ago Last week, US President Trump claimed white farmers are "being killed" in post-apartheid South Africa and granted refugee status to dozens of Afrikaners. But Dr. de Jager, head of the Southern African Agri Initiative, told DW the farm attacks aren't genocide and offer no reason to flee. https://www.dw.com/en/south-african-farmers-refute-trump-no-white-genocide/video-72623251 © 2025 Deutsche Welle US granting asylum to white South Africans stirs controversy Aline Spantig | Benjamin Alvarez Gruber 13 hours ago13 hours ago Fifty-nine white Afrikaner "refugees" arrived in the US after Trump's "white genocide" claim in post-apartheid South Africa. Afrikaners, a white minority mainly descended from Dutch, German and French settlers, held power during apartheid, the former system of racial segregation and violent repression of Black South Africans that ended in 1994. https://www.dw.com/en/us-granting-asylum-to-white-south-africans-stirs-controversy/video-72618873 © 2025 Deutsche Welle