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Trump says there's a 'genocide' in South Africa, but white Afrikaner farmers reject that claim

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South Africa's president meets with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday .

Thousands of farmers gathered for a lively agricultural fair in Bothaville , South Africa’s agricultural heartland.

Even some conservative white Afrikaner groups denied the Trump administration’“genocide” and land seizure claims that led it to cut all financial aid to South Africa .

Police statistics show that up to 75 people are killed daily across South Africa .

Government data also show that white farmers own the vast majority of South Africa’s farmland.

Afrikaner agriculture union TLU SA says it believes farmers are more susceptible to such attacks.

The World Bank has called South Africa the most unequal country in the world.

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79

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82

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25

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

49

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offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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