South Africans React to Video of Apartment for Afrikaners in the USA

• A video of how Afrikaners in the United States were assisted through a resettlement program went viral
• The video shows an apartment of one of the families and the kind of donations they will receive
• Netizens roasted the Afrikaners, and said they traded a life of comfort for living in smaller and more cramped accommodation

Tebogo Mokwena, a dedicated Briefly News current affairs journalist, contributed coverage of international and local social issues like health, corruption, education, unemployment, labour, service delivery protests and immigration in South Africa during his seven years at Daily Sun and Vutivi Business News.

UNITED STATES—South Africans were not impressed by a video showing Afrikaners who have resettled in the United States receiving assistance from the government.

Video of Afrikaner resettlement goes viral

MDN News posted a video of the resettlement of the Afrikaners on its @MDNNews X account. The video shows Anne Perkins, the Refugee Resettlement Manager for Lifting Hands International, describing how they will help the Afrikaners. Lifting Hands International was founded in 2016 to help refugees be resettled in different parts of the world.

Perkins explained that when they help a family, they provide them with supplies, including the basics. She added that she also organises toys for the resettled families. She said the organisation would welcome the South Africans coming to the country.

What do the homes look like?

The video shows them fitting furniture in an apartment. They also add food and toiletries to cupboards. There is a shelf with children's toys, two bunk beds and clothes in one of the bedrooms.

View the X video here:

Afrikaners left for South Africa on 11 May 2025 after they filed for refugee status under President Donald Trump's refugee program. They claimed that Afrikaners are victims of a white genocide and persecution. These claims have been proven to be false.

What you need to know about Afrikaners

• One of the neighbours of one of the Afrikaners who relocated to the United States accused him of being an opportunist who was not a victim of a farm attack
• An Afrikaner, who relocated to the US from Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape, has been accused of using the refugee program to be reunited with her husband
• An American lady opposed Afrikaners settling in the United States and slammed the false claims of a white genocide
• President Cyril Ramaphosa said that Trump doubts there is a white genocide after they had a bilateral meeting in the White House
• An Afrikaner called billionaire Johann Rupert a traitor after Rupert said that there was no white genocide

South Africans react

Netizens weighed in on the video.

Ndlela KaMaMlobeli Camera Lady said:

"They are quite basic."

In a Nutshell said:

"Imagine leaving your five-bedroom mansion with a pool, borehole and back up solar just to go live in a matchbox next to Walmart."

Kelly N asked:

"Why don't they take white people who live by the robots begging. I saw a white homeless family with small kids."

Paris sad:

"Voluntarily leaving the warmth of you family home that you built with your hard work to go get called names like refugee and live on hand outs seems wild to me. I'm poor but too proud for that."

Sage said:

"Imagine leaving your whole estate for that white four-plate stove."

The Afrikaner refugees in the US

A group of 49 Afrikaners has been granted P1 refugee status under the US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP), a classification reserved for individuals outside the United States facing persecution.

This status is granted to those referred by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), US embassies, or approved non-governmental organisations due to urgent protection needs. Grounds for eligibility include threats based on race, religion, nationality, political views, or social group affiliation. The designation allows lawful entry into the US, along with immediate permission to work.

Afrikaner woman accused of not being a farmer

In a related article, Briefly News reported that an Afrikaner woman living in the United States is not an Afrikaner. She reportedly sold her house for R2.3 million.

A netizen shared her LinkedIn account. It showed that she worked for Heineken, and South Africans criticised her.

Source: Briefly News