A Johannesburg man – Errol Langton – has been accused of “lying” about being an Afrikaner in his bid to travel to the US as a “refugee”.
The claims were made by his stepdaughter in a series of TikTok videos.
This week, 49 white South Africans arrived in thees United States as part of a resettlement programme signed off by President Donald Trump.
SA ‘REFUGEE’ ACCUSED OF LYING OVER AFRIKANER TITLE, LIFE IN SA
In a video that has gone viral on TikTok, a young woman named Geneve Gouws claims she was shocked to see footage of her former stepfather and his eight family members arriving in the US as Afrikaner “refugees”.
She said: “I’m completely shocked. What do they need protection from exactly? They’re not even Afrikaners.”
Gouws went on to claim that her former stepfather “lied” in his application to become a “refugee”.
She also believed that his claims of being a “victim of crime” were a result of domestic abuse incidents with her mother, whom he has since divorced.
“What lie do you have to tell to get to America?” she added.
@genzithevamp5 lol I really can’t believe it 😹
@genzithevamp5 two sides hey.
REFUGEE: ‘I AM OF AFRIKANER DESCENT’
On his own TikTok account, Langton – a South African businessman – defended his action of labelling himself as an Afrikaner “refugee”.
Responding to claims by his former stepdaughter, he said: “I am of Afrikaner descent. My family made a decision a long time ago not to speak Afrikaans and switch over to English. Because that was the medium that was seen as most effective to get around and get things done.
“Not because of any dislike of Afrikaans, just purely a functional change”.
@weatherman_za Just stating the facts, believe what you want but both sides need to be heard.
While his LinkedIn account lists him as the owner of an IT business, Langton also claims that he was indeed a farmer.
He continued: “I did farming. I owned a farm or at least leased a farm for more than three years, where I farmed with the leafy greens and tried to get commercial farming up and running.
He added: “So tell me, why don’t I qualify for this programme?
“I may speak English and be two generations away from being actively Afrikaans. But I am a South African Afrikaner, and that is a fact.”
CRITERIA FOR RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMME
According to a statement from the US Mission to SA, applicants for the refugee resettlement programme must meet the following criteria…
- Be SA citizens;
- Be of Afrikaner ethnicity or belong to a racial minority group; and
- Must articulate a past experience of persecution or fear of future persecution.
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