How South Africa debunked Trump's 'white genocide' claim

27/05/2025 25 min
How South Africa debunked Trump's 'white genocide' claim

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Episode Synopsis

It is the first time that South Africa's crime statistics have been broken down by race as a result of the recent genocide claims by US President Donald Trump. DW's Eddy Micah Jr. talks to Dr Thokozani Chilenga-Butao, a lecturer in the Political Studies department at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and DW's Nontokozo Mchunu in Cape Town.