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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Qaanitah Hunter

Are white Afrikaners at risk in South Africa? Not really, most say

White South Africans demonstrate in support of US President Donald Trump in front of the US embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, on February 15, 2025 [Jerome Delay/AP]

Johannesburg and Pretoria, South Africa – On a rainy Saturday in South Africa’s capital Pretoria, several hundred white Afrikaners gathered outside the embassy of the United States.

“President Trump and Elon Musk, please help the farmers chase away the [African National Congress] ANC takeover of South Africa,” read a large banner hoisted above the crowd gathered to “thank” the US president for championing their cause against their government.

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