Living in fear on South Africa's farms

在南非农场上的恐惧生活

The Documentary Podcast

2025-12-20

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In February, American President Donald Trump signed an executive order which said that South African Afrikaners - descendants of mainly Dutch settlers who arrived in the 17th Century - could be admitted as refugees in the USA as they were "victims of unjust racial discrimination". President Trump’s move to prioritise the resettlement of white South African farmers reignited global controversy when he referenced what he has described as a “genocide” against white farmers. Thousands of South Africans have now applied for refugee status in the USA, and are waiting to potentially relocate there. Farmers in South Africa are predominantly white, but farmers and farm workers of all races fear theft and violent crime in the country. Claire Mawisa is a reporter for BBC Africa Eye and recently travelled to meet farmers in South Africa. Kings, or chiefs, in Ghana don't hold much formal or political power, but they are hugely important to people and hold a lot of cultural and social influence. But there are also powerful royal women in Ghana. They've held power in certain parts of the country for a long time, but it seems their influence is now on the rise. It is a story that caught the eye of Stefania Okereke of BBC Focus on Africa. This episode of The Documentary comes to you from The Fifth Floor, the show at the heart of global storytelling, with BBC journalists from all around the world. Presented by Faranak Amidi. Produced by Caroline Ferguson and Laura Thomas.
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  • In February,

  • American President Donald Trump signed an executive order which said that South African people who are Africaners descendants of mainly Dutch settlers who arrived in the 17th century could be admitted as refugees in the USA

  • as they were victims of unjust racial discrimination.

  • President Trump's move to prioritize resettlement of white South African farmers reignited global controversy when he referenced widely disputed claims of forced appropriation of land and what he has described as a genocide against white farmers.

  • Claire Mawisa is a reporter for BBC Africa Eye.

  • She recently travelled to meet some farmers in South Africa.

  • I asked her how common violence and murders on farms are.

  • Murders on farms are not a common thing in South Africa.

  • We understand that and we accept that the crime rate and the murder rate in South Africa is very high.

  • So around 60 people in South Africa are murdered on a daily basis.

  • And just to give you some stats is that from October 2024,

  • so last year October to March this year, there were 18 murders on farms.