South African businessman Charl Kleinhaus has confessed to leaving a life of privilege behind to become an Afrikaner “refugee” now living in the US.
This week, 49 white South Africans arrived in America under President Donald Trump’s resettlement programme.
Kleinhaus – who owns a granite mining company in Limpopo – has also made headlines over his past antiSemitic social media posts.
AFRIKANER ‘REFUGEE’: ‘I DIDN’T COME HERE FOR FUN’
Speaking to the BBC, Charl Kleinhaus spoke about leaving his life in South Africa.
He also responded to allegations by the public that Afrikaner “refugees” were “opportunistic”.
He said: “I had to leave a five-bedroom house which I will now lose, my car, my dogs, and my mother behind. I didnt come here for fun. But my children are safe”.
He added, “If you are white, you are wrong in South Africa. I had nothing to do with Apartheid – nothing, nothing, nothing!
“People must think we are taking advantage of this. We are coming here to make a contribution to the country”.
During the interview, Kleinhaus claimed that as an Afrikaner businessman, he had received “threatening” messages from his community in Limpopo. He also claimed that his equipment had been destroyed and that police could not assist him.
ANTI-SEMITIC POSTS
Charl Kleinhaus also touched on the backlash that has made headlines for making antiSemitic comments on social media.
In 2023, the Afrikaner “refugee” posted on X (formerly Twitter): “Jews are untrustworthy and a dangerous group.”
Kleinhaus claimed that he had “copied and pasted” the comments from another X account.
He added that at the time he was also in hospital “on morphine”.
BACKLASH FOR ‘LEAVING MOM BEHIND’
On the X platform, Charl Kleinhaus’s interview caused a stir, given the backlash to Afrikaner “refugees” arriving in the US.
@igorm365: “If living in a five-bedroom house is real persecution, what is living in a shack then?”
@Cthulhucachoo: “What kind of man leaves his mother behind in an active genocide zone? She gave birth to you, and this is how you repay her?”
@Mamhayise123: “Bro doesn’t afford bond anymore. He decided to run”.
@CrutiFi: “Why is Elon Musk leaving his father in a country with a white genocide?”
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