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    South African Politician Julius Malema, Subject of Trump Attacks, Is Convicted of Gun Charge

    The verdict against Julius Malema came a month after a separate court convicted him of hate speech. This year, President Trump played a video montage at the White House of Mr. Malema leading chants of “Kill the Boer,” a protest song.
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    South Africa Sets the Stage for Starlink Approval

    A proposed regulatory change would allow Elon Musk’s satellite company and others like it to get a license without having to sell shares to Black South Africans.
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    Trump Makes False Genocide Claims. South Africans Respond With Humor.

    The jokes mask a deep-seated anger over the legacy of apartheid and the inequality that many Black people say continues to define life in their country.
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    Who Is Julius Malema, the South African Politician in the White House Video?

    President Trump surprised a South African delegation with a video montage of apartheid-era chants from Mr. Malema.
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    Trump Casts Himself as a Protector of Persecuted White People

    President Trump publicly dressed down the president of South Africa based on a fringe conspiracy theory, providing a vivid distillation of his views on race.
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    Trump to Press Ramaphosa to Pare Back Racial Equity Laws

    In a White House meeting, the U.S. president is expected to point to alleged discrimination against white South Africans, a week after welcoming a group of them as refugees.
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    The Road to Trump’s Embrace of White South Africans

    The Trump administration’s hostile approach to South Africa was shaped by a convergence of factors.
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    Trump Welcomes White South African Refugees as He Shuts Out Afghans and Others

    The Trump administration carved out an exception to its refugee ban for white South Africans. But other groups, including Afghans who helped U.S. forces during the war in their country, are being shut out.
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    Afrikaners Arrive in U.S. as Trump-Approved Refugees

    The first group of Afrikaners have arrived in the United States, claiming they were victims of persecution or had reason to fear persecution in their home country.
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    Trump Officials Seek to Bring First White Afrikaner Refugees to U.S. Next Week

    The rapid relocation of the Afrikaners, who President Trump says have been racially persecuted in South Africa, stands in stark contrast to the virtual shutdown of all other refugee admissions.