A cap celebrating the Afrikaner cow breed is on display at the Nampo agricultural fair, one of the largest in the southern hemisphere, near Bothaville, South Africa, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Farmers visit the Nampo agricultural fair, one of the largest in the southern hemisphere, near Bothaville, South Africa, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Visitors at the Nampo agricultural fair, one of the largest in the southern hemisphere, walk past the wall of remembrance, a tribute to farmers killed since 1961, near Bothaville, South Africa, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Visitors at the Nampo agricultural fair, one of the largest in the southern hemisphere, ride past the wall of remembrance, a tribute to farmers killed since 1961, near Bothaville, South Africa, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Visitors at the Nampo agricultural fair, one of the largest in the southern hemisphere, check names on the wall of remembrance, a tribute to farmers killed since 1961, near Bothaville, South Africa, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Farmers visit the Nampo agricultural fair, one of the largest in the southern hemisphere, near Bothaville, South Africa, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Visitors at the Nampo agricultural fair, one of the largest in the southern hemisphere, sit in there shade near Bothaville, South Africa, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
A hand gun from a retailer is on display at the Nampo agricultural fair, one of the largest in the southern hemisphere, near Bothaville, South Africa, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Farmers sit for lunch at the Nampo agricultural fair, one of the largest in the southern hemisphere, near Bothaville, South Africa, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Farmers visit the Nampo agricultural fair, one of the largest in the southern hemisphere, near Bothaville, South Africa, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
AP PHOTOS: Afrikaner farmers at an agricultural fair scoff at Trump’s genocide claims
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) 鈥 An extraordinary new U.S. refugee policy welcoming white Afrikaner farmers who the Trump administration claims are persecuted is topping the agenda at a White House meeting between President Donald Trump and South Africa鈥檚 president.
A cap celebrating the Afrikaner cow breed is on display at the Nampo agricultural fair, one of the largest in the southern hemisphere, near Bothaville, South Africa, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) 鈥 An extraordinary new U.S. refugee policy welcoming white Afrikaner farmers who the Trump administration claims are persecuted is topping the agenda at a White House meeting between President Donald Trump and South Africa鈥檚 president.
The Associated Press visited a lively agricultural fair in South Africa鈥檚 heartland days ahead of the U.S. meeting, where white and Black farmers and conservative white Afrikaner groups reacted to the Trump administration鈥檚 鈥済enocide鈥 and land seizure claims.
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
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