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The precarious future of the Afrikaners

Population replacement in the West

Brutal acts of violence and escalating racist rhetoric have led some to warn of open genocide in South Africa. This would be fatal not only for white Afrikaners, but also for South Africa as a whole.

Published 9 March 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Afrikaners have lived in South Africa since the mid-17th century.
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One of the first presidential orders from the Trump administration was the US President’s addressing the plight of European-descended South Africans, also known as Afrikaners or Boers, and willingness to open up to receive them as refugees in light of their increasingly difficult situation in South Africa. However, the initiative seems to have been met with mixed reactions among the Afrikaners themselves, who generally question why they would abandon the land they had inhabited for hundreds of years in the first place, long before the United States was even an independent nation.

The Cape Colony was founded in the 1650s by the Dutchman Jan van Riebeeck and the first European settlers, mainly Dutch and French. They established themselves as farmers on the Cape Peninsula as an extension of the Dutch East India Company’s trade route between Europe and Asia.

Despite bloody conflicts with Bantu tribes expanding into the area, an advanced agricultural system developed in South Africa’s varied climate and landscape over the following centuries. In practice, an entirely new European culture, the Afrikaners, was now also emerging, from which several state formations would emerge. However, the Afrikaners would find it difficult to assert themselves against the powerful British Empire’s claims to the Cape Peninsula. The Afrikaner states of Orange Free State and Transvaal fought a dramatic conflict against Britain to preserve their self-determination, despite winning what became known as the First Boer War in 1881. Eventually, however, British military power proved too much to resist and after the Second Boer War, they were annexed into the British colonial empire in 1902.

During the 19th and 20th centuries, agriculture grew in scale, and Afrikaner farmers continued to play a key role in establishing efficient production methods, modern irrigation systems and export markets. During the 20th century, South Africa became one of Africa’s largest producers of wheat, maize, fruit and livestock – a position that is still largely maintained thanks to Boer farmers.

Thousands of attacks

Since Nelson Mandela’s ANC took power in 1994, the situation for the Boers has become increasingly precarious. In recent decades, thousands of them have been murdered in brutal attacks on their farms. These farm murders have attracted some international attention, but the South African government has often dismissed or downplayed the problem of what are believed to be racially motivated attacks.

Getting a clear picture of exactly how many Afrikaner farmers have been killed over the past 30 years is very difficult – partly because the South African government has stopped reporting the statistics separately and instead lumps them together with other murders committed in the heavily violent crime-ridden country. Instead, it is up to advocacy organizations that protect the rights of Africans to try to identify all cases and compile the statistics themselves.

Common to these murders is that they are often marked by extreme violence, torture, and abuse, leading to theories that the motives go far beyond ordinary crime – suggesting instead that they stem from hatred and resentment directed at the Afrikaners. Analysts also argue that the racially charged rhetoric from certain political leaders, such as the communist leader Julius Malema, has contributed to creating a highly dangerous environment for the Boers, with many warning that the situation risks escalating into an outright genocide.

The escalation of incitement and violence, which has already put many white farmers under increasing pressure to leave their farms or move abroad, has also had a concomitant impact on South Africa’s food production and economic stability. In fact, the expertise and knowledge of farmers is considered invaluable to the country’s economy, especially given that the agricultural sector employs millions of people and accounts for a significant share of South Africa’s GDP.

Expropriation and discrimination

Alongside the escalating cycle of violence, the South African government has implemented a series of bills and policies aimed at redistributing land from white farmers to black South Africans, often without compensation. The expropriation of land that has been farmed by Afrikaner families for centuries has raised growing concerns both inside and outside the country. Afrikaners run most of the country’s large-scale farms, which account for 95% of domestic production of essential foodstuffs. These include maize, wheat, fruit, vegetables and other crops that are central to both the local market and exports.

South Africa remains largely self-sufficient in food, but imports of some products have increased. At the same time, virtually all attempts to ‘redistribute’ land to black farmers have failed and only a very small proportion of black commercial farmers have managed to become profitable. If Afrikaners continue to be marginalized, attacked and murdered, the consequences could therefore be disastrous, not only for themselves, but for the food security and economic stability of South Africa as a whole.

Despite the increasingly hostile environment, many Boers persist in cultivating the land and contributing to the country’s food security, but many experts and analysts warn that South Africa is heading for a similar fate to Zimbabwe, where similar policies by President Robert Mugabe, harshly targeting the white population, led to an internationally publicized collapse of agriculture, food shortages and economic crisis.

“Don’t want to move elsewhere”

Afrikaners see South Africa as their natural home and have lived there longer than many European nations have existed and, contrary to popular belief, even before Bantu expansion reached the region. Many of them naturally do not see leaving South Africa as an option, but simply want to live their lives in peace, without discrimination or bloody attacks.

– We are not going anywhere. Our members work here, and want to stay here, and they are going to stay here. We are committed to build a future here, explains Dirk Hermann, Executive Director of Afrikanderfwerket Solidarity.

– We have to state categorically: We don’t want to move elsewhere, adds Kallie Kriel, Executive Director of the advocacy organization AfriForum.

There has been speculation that Elon Musk, with his African origins and his role in the new US administration, was instrumental in Trump’s presidential order to open the door to Africans. However, if the US really cares about their future, it is not enough to open the doors, they also need all the support they can get to close their doors against further escalating racism and brutalization within South Africa’s borders.

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Orbán warns of Europe’s extinction: “A nation without children has no future”

Population replacement in the West

Published 5 October 2025
– By Editorial Staff
"In the end it comes down to a very simple thought. If not enough children are born we will disappear", states Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
2 minute read

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán issues a stark warning that European nations face extinction unless birth rates increase.

In harsh terms, he criticizes Western Europe’s “population replacement through migration” and explains that Hungary invests its economic resources in families instead of mass immigration.

In a post on X, the prime minister articulates his clear position:

“If a nation has no children, it has no future. The West chooses replacement through migration, we choose our families and our children. That is why we dedicate every possible economic resource to supporting them. Our future will not be imported from abroad”, he states.

In a radio interview, the Hungarian prime minister develops his argument and describes the demographic crisis as an existential issue.

— In the end it comes down to a very simple thought. If not enough children are born we will disappear, says Orbán, and continues:

— It must be understood that a shrinking country cannot be successful. Thus, when a community shrinks, its members will inevitably be increasingly worse off.

“A matter of survival”

Hungary’s leader emphasizes that the country’s population is “a matter of survival, both in the long term from a histtorical perspective and in the short term for the sake of economy”.

The Hungarian leader presents two paths for Europe to handle the demographic crisis. He is highly critical of the Western model.

— There is the Western path. There, not enough children are born and migrants are brought in one by one. There are fewer Germans or fewer French, and they are replaced by Muslims, he says.

Orbán explains Hungary’s strategy: “That path can be chosen, others tried it before us, we kept our heads down, did not let foreigners in, watched what happened to those who did, and what we not see in western Europe is not attractive. I do not recommend that we copy it, but then we need to have our own children”.

Massive support for families with children

The prime minister acknowledges that having children is a private matter, but emphasizes the state’s role in creating conditions.

— This is of course a private matter since the state cannot decide how many children someone should have, he says, but explains at the same time that Hungary still does what it can to try to create incentives for increased childbearing.

— What we can do is to support mothers who undertake giving birth to at least two children which means that for themselves and their husbands there is one child each. So they are maintaining our community.

The Hungarian leader describes how the country recognizes and rewards families with children economically.

— We recognize them, we support them, and we do not allow them to live worse lives just because they chose to have two children than those who did not. Those who are willing to raise children must be respected, acknowledged, supported and encouraged.

London mayor attacks Trump: “Racist and islamophobic”

Population replacement in the West

Published 25 September 2025
– By Editorial Staff
London is a city in profound decline according to Donald Trump, but a cultural world city if you believe Mayor Sadiq Khan.
3 minute read

Donald Trump warns of sharia law in London and attacks the Pakistani-born mayor Sadiq Khan as a “terrible mayor”.

Khan counters by condemning the president as “sexist”, “racist” and “islamophobic”.

The war of words between the two politicians escalated after Trump’s UN speech on Tuesday, where he painted a very dark picture of Europe’s mass immigration problems.

– Europe is in serious trouble and is being invaded by a force of illegal aliens like nobody has ever seen before, Trump said in his speech.

He directed particularly sharp criticism at London and its mayor:

– Where you have a terrible mayor, a terrible, terrible mayor, and it’s been so changed. Now they want to go to Sharia law, but you’re in a different country, you can’t do that.

“He is racist”

In an interview with BBC London, Khan, whose parents immigrated from Pakistan, countered by throwing various epithets at the president.

– Trump has shown he is racist, he is sexist, he is misogynistic and he is Islamophobic, Khan said.

The mayor simultaneously defended London’s status as a world city, despite it being listed as the 16th most dangerous city in Europe according to the Numbeo Crime Index.

– We are often number one in the world when it comes to culture, foreign investment and sport. I’m really proud we are the greatest city in the world, Khan claimed.

He further claimed that a large number of Americans had actually chosen to move to London during Trump’s presidency.

Britons in minority

London has undergone extensive demographic change in recent decades. White Britons today constitute a minority in the capital, as well as in Birmingham and other major British cities after decades of extensive immigration primarily from Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Just over 15 percent of London’s population today identifies as Muslim.

Decades of mass immigration have brought enormous social and economic problems. Violent crimes, particularly knife attacks and gang-related violence, have increased sharply in the major cities where residents in many areas now live in insecurity and vulnerability.

Segregation has worsened dramatically with entire neighborhoods transformed into foreign ethnic enclaves as the native population has been successively forced to flee areas where British culture and language have been displaced by imported customs and norms.

Despite the extensive negative consequences for the white British population – from lost residential areas to increased insecurity and cultural displacement – both Labour and the Conservatives have for decades stubbornly continued to pursue a mass immigration policy that has fundamentally changed the country.

Merkel admits: Population replacement policy drove Germans to AfD

Population replacement in the West

Published 25 August 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Today, the AfD is the largest party in large parts of eastern Germany - largely due to the policies pursued during Angela Merkel's tenure as German Chancellor.
3 minute read

In a new documentary, Germany’s former Chancellor Angela Merkel admits that her borderless migration policy from 2015 onwards caused many Germans to abandon the establishment parties and instead turn to the nationalist Alternative for Germany.

Despite her migration policy having far-reaching negative consequences for the German people and society, Merkel emphasizes that she regrets nothing.

“Wir schaffen das” – we can do it. Angela Merkel’s words from August 2015 became the symbol of Germany’s borderless mass immigration policy when the country received nearly one million asylum seekers during a single autumn. The decision, which was made without broad political support, fundamentally changed German society according to many observers.

Now, nine years later, the former Chancellor is forced to admit in a documentary on the public service channel ARD that her policy also had major political consequences – and that many Germans abandoned the old established parties and instead sought alternatives that better represented their interests.

— Of course my decision caused people to join AfD. And in that way AfD definitely became stronger, says Merkel in the documentary.

“Major task”

The EU- and immigration-critical Alternative for Germany (AfD) today runs almost neck-and-neck with Merkel’s own Christian Democratic CDU/CSU in opinion polls – a dramatic development that can be directly linked to the mass immigration wave of 2015 and the societal problems that followed.

Despite this, Merkel refuses to acknowledge any mistakes. In the documentary, she stubbornly defends both her policy and her controversial statement.

— It wasn’t meant to express anything other than that we face a major task, she says about the infamous words “Wir schaffen das” – a promise that many Germans today consider naive, deceptive and detached from reality.

Stifled debate during Merkel’s era

Under Merkel’s leadership, Germany pursued perhaps Europe’s most borderless immigration policy, while all criticism was systematically dismissed and opponents routinely labeled as “racists” and “Nazis” – a smear campaign strategy that remains common ten years later.

Germany also has some of the Western world’s harshest laws regarding opinion crimes. People who publicly criticize immigration policy in strong terms risk substantial fines and prison sentences – an arrangement that free speech activists say has created a culture of self-censorship and fear of expressing what one really thinks about the consequences of immigration.

Despite more than one in five Germans today voting for AfD – and the party being largest in large parts of eastern Germany – its opponents still try to criminalize it by claiming its policies violate the German constitution.

Alice Weidel AfD Alternative for Germany
AfD leader Alice Weidel is very popular in many parts of Germany. Photo: X/@Alice_Wiedel

Rhetorical shift

In recent years, Germany and several other European countries have drastically changed their rhetoric around migration. Talk of open hearts and boundless solidarity has been replaced by demands for stricter border controls and tougher asylum rules.

In practice, however, the tougher rhetoric has not resulted in any comprehensive change. Mass immigration continues, albeit at a somewhat lower pace, while promised large-scale deportation programs repeatedly get bogged down in bureaucratic processes without ever being realized.

In Sweden, for example, the current government often speaks of a migration policy “paradigm shift” – despite mass immigration continuing at historically high levels and Sweden receiving almost 100,000 migrants last year.

Orbán: “Mass immigration – a silent weapon”

Population replacement in the West

Published 8 August 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán argues that it is the Hungarians' "duty" to protect both Hungary and Europe from the consequences of mass immigration.
2 minute read

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán warns that mass migration is one of the most acute threats of our time – and that both Hungary and Europe must be protected before it’s too late.

In a post on X, Orbán describes migration as a “silent weapon” that can fundamentally change a country without a single shot being fired.

“It changes cities, neighbourhoods, entire nations, until one day you feel like a stranger in your own home. Our duty is clear: protect Hungary, protect Europe”, he writes.

At an appearance at the MCC Feszt festival in Esztergom, Hungary, where he recently spoke to hundreds of young people, Orbán elaborated on his reasoning. He noted that many young people don’t see migration as a direct threat, despite it being, according to him, “the most decisive and immediate” threat to Europe.

— Migration is the best example of how a country can be lost forever without any weapons being used, he continued.

“Believe your own eyes”

The Prime Minister urged young people to travel around Europe’s major cities and compare today’s reality with older history books. The purpose, he argues, is to discover for themselves how cities have changed beyond recognition.

— If you do not believe us. Then believe your own eyes. This is how you can lose your own country almost imperceptibly, without war, without conflict, in a way that no one asked you and you never agreed to,

Orbán also pointed to how quickly developments can occur.

— Suddenly you start to feel that the entire situation you find yourself in has become foreign. Like when you take the subway home through a suburb, for example. Ten years ago it didn’t look like this.

According to Orbán, migration is the greatest and most acute challenge facing Europe – a threat that, if not stopped, risks permanently changing the continent forever.

— It may not seem as brutal as war, but it’s a constant threat that will persist for decades. We will be under constant pressure – greater pressure than what we experience now.

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