TOM EATON | Lies have short legs, but luckily for 49 Afrikaner ‘refugees’, safety is a plane ride away
Whatever their motives for leaving, it’s not a great look
13 May 2025 - 04:30
Queuing in Crocs for a private plane doesn’t have quite the same ring as walking barefoot over the Drakensberg, but still, as 49 self-identified Afrikaners who also self-identify as persecuted head into self-imposed exiled in the United States, national myths still echo around OR Tambo International Airport...
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