White South Africans

Trump order cutting aid, offering sanctuary to Afrikaners is premised on factual inaccuracies, SA says

The department of international relations and cooperation said the order failed to recognise South Africa’s ‘profound and painful history of colonialism and apartheid’

MG Reporter

4 min read

Students hold placards during a protest against allegations of rasicism on campus brought to light by a documentary called Luister (“listen” in Afrikaans) on September 1, 2015, in Stellenbosch. (Photo : RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty Images)

APARTHEID

22 MAY 2022

What is at the root of white anxiety in post-apartheid South Africa?

Some white people think any discussion of racism or its legacy is an attempt to shame or condemn them for the ‘sin’ of their whiteness

Andile Zulu

8 min read

Take your pick: Fresh Harvest farm in Greenfield, California, is one of the largest employers of foreigners working on temporary agricultural worker – or H-2A – visas in the US. Photo: Brent Stirton/Getty Images

FARM LABOUR

17 DEC 2021

Soil and trials: South Africans embroiled in US farm worker visa debate

The Mississippi court case is unique; usually the grievances are against Mexicans accused of taking work from Americans

Luke Feltham

10 min read