Henke Pistorius, the father of Oscar Pistorius, claims that there is a targeted “white genocide” against white farmers in South Africa.
This statement follows discussions about these genocide claims during a meeting between South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and US President Donald Trump at the White House.
In an interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored, Henke claimed that white farmers were being specifically targeted, and he also touched on his relationship with Oscar Pistorius.
“No doubt, no doubt about that and unfortunately, no farmer is in a position that they can rely on a kind of protection from authorities or police,” Pistorius said when asked if there was a white genocide.
“Well, you just have to look at the figures and compare the figures of murders amongst white farmers with any group internationally and you see for yourself where that fits in.”
Oscar Pistorius’ father Henke says the police’s crime stats were inaccurate
During the interview, Piers Morgan referenced South African crime statistics from the police, stating that 26,000 people were killed, and out of that number, only 44 deaths occurred in the farming community. Pistorius claimed that the police crime statistics were inaccurate.
“If you want to get the correct figures, you should speak to organisation like Afriforum,” Pistorius added.
When asked about his relationship with his son, Henke revealed that his relationship with the disgraced athlete was strained.
“I am already in trouble with Oscar as I’m sitting here, because I said too much,” Pistorius said.
“We don’t [speak regularly] because he knows how I feel. To him, he’s guilty of murder because of the process that he’s gone through. The facts just do not support a finding of guilty of murder.”
On 14 February 2013, Pistorius shot and killed Reeva Steenkamp at his home in Pretoria. A year later, he was initially found guilty of culpable homicide and sentenced to five years in prison
This conviction was then overturned by South Africa’s Supreme Court in 2016, which instead found him guilty of murder and extended his sentence by a further six years. Pistorius was released from prison on parole in January 2024.
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