According to the U.S. Embassy in South Africa, applicants have to be South African citizens who are of Afrikaner ethnicity or a member of a racial minority, and they have to be able to show a ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A second group of white South Africans has arrived in the United States under a refugee program announced by the Trump administration, officials and advocacy groups said Monday.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Friday that South Africa's ambassador to the U.S., Ebrahim Rasool, is "no longer welcome" in the country. Newsweek reached out to the South African embassy ...

The first set of 49 White South African "Afrikaners" granted refugee status by President Donald Trump arrived in the United States on Monday. Top News U.S. News ...

South Africa's ambassador to the U.S. Ebrahim Rasool speaks at the South African Embassy in Washington, Dec. 6, 2013. Credit: AP/Cliff Owen. By The Associated PressUpdated March 17, 2025.

Phone calls to the South African Embassy seeking comment, made at the end of the work day, were not answered. Rasool previously served as his country’s ambassador to the U.S. from 2010 to 2015 ...

President Donald Trump met with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office on Wednesday. During the meeting, Trump confronted Ramaphosa about claims of a genocide targeting white ...

White South Africans supporting President Trump and South African and U.S. tech billionaire Elon Musk gather in front of the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, on Feb. 15, 2025, for a demonstration.

South Africa, like many other countries, is feeling the economic whiplash of Trump’s tariff policies. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in public comments outside his embassy Tuesday said ...

The U.S. has welcomed 49 White South African refugees, citing “government-sponsored racial discrimination," under a President Donald Trump executive order prioritizing Afrikaner resettlement.

An initial group of 59 white South Africans arrived at Dulles International Airport in Virginia on a chartered flight last month under the new program announced by President Trump in February.