“I cannot think of a single method of torture that hasn’t been used.”
On Monday, 3,000 white crosses were erected next to the Washington Monument to honor victims of deadly farm attacks in South Africa since 1990.
Ernst Roets of Lex Libertas walked Border Hawk through the memorial and shared chilling details of some of the torture and murders.
We stopped in front of three crosses for the Vaina family as Roets recounted the massacre that took place at their home in Walkerville on October 1, 2011. Even the dog was brutally killed.
The New York Young Republican Club, led by President Stefano Forte, delivered a wreath in remembrance.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has explicitly stated that “there is no genocide in South Africa.”
President Trump pushed back in a meeting with Ramaphoa last year, saying, “White farmers are being brutally killed and their land is being confiscated in South Africa.”
South Africa: In February of last year, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14204, titled "Addressing Egregious Actions of the Republic of South Africa." It marked a major shift in American action assisting the people of South Africa.
The Trump administration notified… pic.twitter.com/dv9QZmT3Zs
— Wid Lyman (@Wid_Lyman) September 25, 2026
South Africa averages about 60 murders per day.
"Everybody is telling that we are lying, because we are getting murdered as farmers in South Africa. We are not lying. We are being murdered. We are being butchered, and we are being tortured."
Leon Lotz is a Afrikaner farmer and former special forces member who endured a brutal… pic.twitter.com/8WlIo2Hvaw
— Wid Lyman (@Wid_Lyman) September 29, 2026
