{"id":48141,"date":"2026-10-16T07:19:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T05:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=48141"},"modified":"2026-10-16T07:19:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T05:19:30","slug":"us-considers-ad-campaign-for-sa-afrikaner-refugees","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/us-considers-ad-campaign-for-sa-afrikaner-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"US considers Ad campaign for SA Afrikaner refugees \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States (US) State Department is considering a $335 000 research and advertising (Ad) campaign in South Africa (SA) aimed at encouraging more white Afrikaners to apply for US refugee status.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to a report by <em>The Guardian<\/em>, the proposal follows lower-than-expected application numbers under Washington&#8217;s refugee admissions program, despite assertions from the US administration that white South Africans face systemic racial persecution and land targeting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The proposed six-month initiative includes focus groups across several South African towns, a survey of 1000 Afrikaners, and targeted digital advertising primarily in Afrikaans to understand why eligible citizens are not seeking resettlement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The SA government has repeatedly rejected Washington&#8217;s claims of government-sponsored racial discrimination, calling the assertions unfounded. While the advertising proposal awaits final approval, the move underscores ongoing diplomatic tensions between Pretoria and Washington over migration and foreign policy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica\/ Sherwin Bryce-Pease&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":27049,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-48141","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"US officials plan marketing drive to boost Afrikaner applications","published_date":"2026-10-16 07:16:33","news_description":"US officials plan marketing drive to boost Afrikaner applications","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/48141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/48141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48144,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/48141\/revisions\/48144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=48141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}