The video Mr. Trump presented included clips of Julius Malema, the leader of a far-left South African political party, the Economic Freedom Fighters. He is heard singing an anti-apartheid song that includes the lyric, "kill the Boer," referring to White farmers, in multiple clips from recent years.

Correction: There were 26,232 murders in South Africa last year, according to South African Police Service (SAPS) figures. A previous version of this story contained incorrect information. President Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a meeting at the White House on Wednesday with baseless claims about mass murders of white South Africans,

For investors, the spectacle of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's fraught Oval Office encounter with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump was little more than a sideshow.

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has lauded South African-born billionaire Johann Rupert and golfing legends Ernie Els and Retief Goosen for defending the country in the United States (US) this week.

The recent welcoming of Afrikaner refugees is the latest chapter in a history of U.S. support for white South Africans.

Trump also ordered the Oval Office’s lights be dimmed to show an inflammatory video detailing purported evidence of crimes against humanity.