The Western Cape High Court has described “white genocide” in SA as imaginary in a ruling that casts the spotlight on US President Donald Trump’s reliance on misinformation in his rebuke of SA.

This came as the court set aside the will of a wealthy benefactor of right-wing outfit Boerelegioen, the proceeds of which were to advance the cause of exterminating black South Africans in a bid to fend off alleged white genocide. The application was brought by the benefactor’s children...

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