Mashatile invites Trump to witness SA's reality amid genocide claims

DEPUTY President Paul Mashatile said United States President Donald Trump has been fed false information about the "genocide of white Afrikaners” in the country and invited him to see the truth for himself.

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“When the President (referring to Cyril Ramaphosa) decides to visit the US, he will invite President Trump so that he can see our beautiful country,’ Mashatile said while speaking to the media at the sidelines of Africa’s Travel Indaba in KwaZulu-Natal yesterday.

“There's no genocide here. We are beautiful, happy people. Black and White working and living together,’ he said with confidence, nodding his head.

“So I hope he will accept the invitation and come because I think he’s been lied to. There's no genocide”

Speaking during a press briefing at the White House on Monday, Trump criticised South Africa’s leadership and mainstream media for allegedly ignoring widespread violence against white farmers.

“South African leadership is coming to see me, I understand, sometime next week, and we are supposed to have a G20 meeting there or something. I don’t know how we can go unless that situation is taken care of,’ Trump said.