The Witkruis Monument is a memorial only to white people who were killed on farms over the last three decades. The memorial has driven a discredited narrative that white farmers in the majority Black country are being targeted in a widespread, race-based system of persecution. It’s been seized upon by conservative commentators in the United States, amplified by South African-born Elon Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump. (AP Video shot by Alfonso Nqunjana and Nqobile Ntshangase)
Hillside of white crosses fuels misleading story about South Africa farm killings
The Witkruis Monument is a memorial only to white people who were killed on farms over the last three decades. The memorial has driven a discredited narrative that white farmers in the majority Black country are being targeted in a widespread, race-based system of persecution. It’s been seized upon by conservative commentators in the United States, amplified by South African-born Elon Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump. (AP Video shot by Alfonso Nqunjana and Nqobile Ntshangase)