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Podcast: First Take SA
Episode: AfriForum denies reports that Afrikaaner 'refugees' in the US are returning to SA
Description: A number of South Africans who arrived in the United States as refugees since May last year are now reportedly heading back home. Many had fled in 2025, citing government-backed racial discrimination and persecution targeting the Afrikaner community. President Trump granted them priority refugee status February last year. AfriForum says the underlying problems that drove them away still have not been resolved by the South African government. Elvis Presslin spoke to Ernst Van Zyl, head of Public relations at Afriforum...