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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rachel Savage in Johannesburg

The white Afrikaners lining up to accept Trump’s offer of asylum

Two people in 'Maga' red caps
Demonstrators rally in support of Donald Trump outside the US embassy in Pretoria in February after he accused South Africa of persecuting Afrikaners. Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters

Kyle believed God was looking out for him when he survived a violent farm robbery in South Africa eight years ago with only a black eye and broken ribs. The robbers failed to get the kettle and iron working, so were unable to burn anyone. Then the gun trigger jammed when they tried to shoot Kyle in the spine.

“They specifically said they were coming back for this farm … [that] it was their land,” said the 43-year-old, who did not want to use his full name. “Only afterwards, we found out that the guy that stays on the plot was actually killed … the farmhand … I don’t know what his name was.”

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