A group of prominent Afrikaners has denounced US President Donald Trump’s claims of “white genocide” in South Africa and reached out to members of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

The group – made up of writers, academics, business leaders and descendants of apartheid-era figures – wrote an open letter titled “Not in Our Name”, rejecting Trump’s repeated assertions that white South Africans face systematic persecution.

They argue that white Afrikaners are not under any “existential threat” and urge the international community to challenge Trump’s misinformation.