The South African case is important because it plays a central role in global white supremacist claims. These mythologies claim that white South Africans, specifically Afrikaners, are the canary in the coalmine: that the alleged oppression they are facing is a blueprint for what will happen to all white people if they don’t “fight back”.

Groups representing some of South Africa’s white minority reject President Trump offer of refugee status and resettlement in the United States.

Some white South Africans have rejected an offer from President Donald Trump to resettle in the United States following his claims that they are facing oppression.