Hours before President Cyril Ramaphosa and his delegation meet United States President Donald Trump in the White House, authorities in Washington continue to peddle the narrative of persecution of white people in South Africa.
Rubio, during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing had clashed with Tim Kaine, a Democratic senator from Virginia. The senator put it to Rubio that the group of Afrikaners who landed in the US as refugees were prioritised because they are white.
Kaine rubbished the persecution of Afrikaners claim as “completely specious”, adding that South Africa is under a Government of National Unity, and the Democratic Alliance “widely representing Afrikaners” is part of the governing coalition.
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