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2025-05-12 21:43:24 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

A South African court recently ruled that the “white genocide” claim was fabricated. Also, no human rights organisation has found any credible evidence to support the claims of genocide. https://www.lemonde.fr/en/le-monde-africa/article/2025/03/13/in-south-africa-the-courts-dismiss-the-myth-of-white-genocide_6739091_124.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyj1198wy3o https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/persecution-of-south-africas-whites-a-false-narrative-president-says-as-musk-repeats-genocide-claim

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• A South African court recently ruled that the “white genocide” claim was fabricated. Also, no human rights organisation has found any credible evidence to support the claims of genocide. https://www.lemonde.fr/en/le-monde-africa/article/2025/03/13/in-south-africa-the-courts-dismiss-the-myth-of-white-genocide_6739091_124.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyj1198wy3o https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/persecution-of-south-africas-whites-a-false-narrative-president-says-as-musk-repeats-genocide-claim