Afrikaner groups in South Africa reject Trump's resettlement offer


JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Organizations representing Afrikaners in South Africa have said that they will not accept U.S. President Donald Trump's offer of resettlement in the United States.

These Afrikaner organizations, including Solidarity and AfriForum, held a media briefing on Saturday in Pretoria to respond to Trump's executive order issued on Friday, which accused South Africa of "seizing ethnic minority Afrikaners' agricultural property," and offered Afrikaners the opportunity to seek refugee status in America.

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