White South Africans Face Discrimination and Violence, YouTuber Finds in Investigation

YouTuber Angela Rose recently traveled to South Africa to investigate claims of violence and discrimination against the white minority, particularly Afrikaner farmers, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s controversial statements labeling the situation a “genocide.”

Her findings, detailed in a YouTube video, highlight the challenges faced by white South Africans, including farm attacks, economic exclusion, and what some describe as “reverse Apartheid” due to policies like Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) and land reform initiatives.

Rose’s investigation included interviews with Afrikaners, visits to historical sites like the Voortrekker Monument, and a tour of a farm providing refuge for unemployed white South Africans. She reports that white South Africans, who make up just 7.3% of the population, face significant barriers to employment due to BEE laws, which mandate racial quotas in businesses to prioritize historically disadvantaged groups. One interviewee, a 25-year-old Afrikaner named Alison, stated, “It’s hard. You really struggle to get a job in South Africa if you’re a white male. Some of the most highly qualified people don’t get jobs.” Rose also cites claims of approximately 800,000 white South Africans being unemployed.

Farm attacks were a central focus of Rose’s video. She interviewed a farmer who recounted his father surviving a brutal attack, stabbed 35 times, and another individual who suffered a violent home invasion requiring 25 stitches. While some Afrikaners, like the farmer Rose visited, insist farm attacks are real and often racially motivated.

Rose also explored the controversial land reform law signed by President Cyril Ramaphosa in January 2025, which allows land expropriation without compensation in limited cases, such as for abandoned or underused land. No seizures have occurred under this law, but it has fueled fears among some white farmers, amplified by Trump’s executive order in February 2025 to resettle Afrikaners as refugees in the U.S., citing “unjust racial discrimination.” Rose notes that more than 70,000 Afrikaners have expressed interest in the U.S. refugee program, with 59 already resettled.

The video also addresses the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party and its leader, Julius Malema, who sings the anti-Apartheid song “Kill the Boer” at rallies. South African courts have ruled the song as protected free speech, not incitement to violence, but Rose and her interviewees, including Afrikaner commentator Dan Roodt, argue it fosters hostility. Roodt referenced Gregory Stanton’s stages of genocide, suggesting South Africa exhibits early signs like hostility and organization, though he acknowledged no mass killings have occurred.

Rose’s visit to a farm supporting unemployed Afrikaners revealed a community struggling with poverty and limited opportunities. The farm’s owner, who funds schooling and meals for 120 children, described a “moral collapse” in urban areas and his efforts to create a drug-free, spiritually grounded environment. He estimated 400,000 white South Africans live in informal settlements.

Rose concludes that the struggles of white South Africans are being silenced by a narrative that dismisses their experiences as conspiracy theories. She argues that policies like BEE and land reform, combined with violent farm attacks, create a sense of hopelessness among Afrikaners, driving some to seek refuge abroad.