'Not in our name': Afrikaners push back against Trump's false white genocide claims in South Africa
Issued on: 11/16/2025
Eunice Masson
A group of prominent Afrikaners has denounced US President Donald Trump’s claims of "white genocide" in South Africa and reached out to members of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. The group – made up of writers, academics, business leaders and descendants of apartheid-era figures – wrote an open letter titled "Not in Our Name", rejecting Trump’s repeated assertions that white South Africans face systematic persecution.
They argue that white Afrikaners are not under any "existential threat" and urge the international community to challenge Trump’s misinformation. Political analyst Dr Piet Croucamp, one of the main initiators of the letter, told FRANCE 24 that he had held direct talks with Senator Chris Coons, a Democrat, about Trump’s false claims. Croucamp confirmed that the letter was sent to multiple senators, mainly from the Democratic Party, and said that although they were "speaking to the converted", they hoped the Democrats ’opposition to the refugee policy would help convey the truth to the Senate.
The Trump administration has announced plans for a refugee policy that would cap the country’s refugee admissions for the 2026 fiscal year at 7,500 and prioritize white Afrikaners. Only a handful of white South Africans appear eager to apply for asylum in the US. While public data do not show the full tally of South Africans granted refugee status, media reports suggest that around 59 white South Africans were resettled in the US in May this year. According to the Afrikaans newspaper Rapport, about 400 white South Africans had been granted asylum by the end of September.
Meanwhile, Trump continues to promote a narrative of white victimhood in South Africa. Last week, he announced on his social media platform Truth Social that the US would not attend the 2025 G20 summit in South Africa on November 22 - 23 "as long as these human-rights abuses continue.
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20251116-not-in-our-name-afrikaners-push-back-trump-false-white-genocide-claims-south-africa-letter
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