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Donald Trump has accused South Africa of carrying out a genocide against its white population. He also says the nation does not deserve to be a member of the G20, which it hosted last month. FT Africa editor David Pilling - standing in for Gideon - puts these allegations to two South Africans, Lawson Naidoo, a civil society activist, and Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, a foreign policy expert. What is the state of race relations in the country and how are South Africans reacting to the allegations? Clip: CNN
Free links to read more on this topic:
South Africa arrests Kenyans working at US-run Afrikaner ‘refugee’ centre
The ‘pampered princess’ accused of trafficking South Africans to Russia
How South Africa’s underworld infiltrated its government
South Africans question future of Black empowerment policies
South Africa’s credit rating upgraded for first time in two decades
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Presented by Devid Pilling. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner and the executive producer is Flo Phillips.
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