Posted by Alumni from The Conversation
December 5, 2025
Trump said it was a 'total disgrace' that South Africa hosted the November event, citing allegations of a 'white genocide' against Afrikaner farmers. This is vigorously denied by the South African government which says such claims are 'widely discredited and unsupported by reliable evidence'. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we speak to Carolyn Holmes, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to trace the history of the links between white nationalists in the US and South Africa. She says: Listen to The Conversation Weekly via any of the apps listed above, download it directly via our RSS feedor find out how else to listen here. A transcript of this episode is available via the Apple Podcasts or Spotify apps. learn more