# Are claims of a white genocide in South Africa real?

https://mins.news/en/item/75733

- BBC News, 2026-09-26 21:20 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cme8xx55eryno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> An Afrikaner lobby group has put thousands of white crosses on Washington’s National Mall, saying they mark victims of a genocide against white people in South Africa. South Africa’s new US ambassador, Roelf Meyer, rejects the idea that Afrikaners face a mass attack. The Trump administration plans to admit up to 17,500 more white Afrikaners as refugees over the next 12 months.

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