There Is No White Genocide in South Africa

But its invocation belies real issues Pretoria has to manage.

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Ronan Wordsworth
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa met with U.S. President Donald Trump in May, hoping to reset relations and secure new trade and investment opportunities. Those hopes were quickly dashed as Trump instead made the meeting about the supposed white genocide happening in South Africa. To be sure, there is no white genocide happening in South […]

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Ronan Wordsworth
Ronan Wordsworth
Ronan Wordsworth is an analyst for Geopolitical Futures. He completed a Masters in Geopolitical Studies at Charles University in Prague in 2022. He has an ongoing association with the University, including assisting an ongoing project of African University partnerships and is co-host of a Geopolitics Podcast. Prior to undertaking the master’s program, Mr Wordsworth completed a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from the University of Sydney and spent nine years working across Australia, Europe, and Southern Africa working up to the level of Senior Project Manager providing experience in statistical analytics.

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