This episode presents a firsthand account from South African farmer Leon Lotz, interviewed by Tucker Carlson, documenting systematic violence against white farmers in post-apartheid South Africa and the coordinated media and institutional denial of that reality.
Historical context: apartheid’s end and the Western narrative
The anti-apartheid movement in the 1980s enjoyed full support from the American ruling class and university activists, unlike later anti-Israel protests which faced repression.
Apartheid ended peacefully in 1994 with Nelson Mandela’s election, and the West celebrated the transition as a moral victory before disengaging entirely for 32 years.
Since 1994, South Africa has collapsed economically and infrastructurally while the ANC government has passed nearly as many race-specific laws as the apartheid regime, with a massive white exodus to English-speaking countries.
The same Western activists and media who demanded apartheid’s end refuse to acknowledge the subsequent deterioration, partly because they are implicated in the outcome.
The Trump press conference and institutional denial
In May 2025, Trump held a press conference with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, showing videos of ANC-affiliated Julius Malema calling for the murder of white people (“Kill the Boer, kill the farmer”).
CBS News (now run by Bari Weiss) dismissed claims as “white genocide” conspiracy theories spread by right-wing groups, citing an Afrikaner academic who denied any danger, while ignoring that CBS has no correspondent in South Africa and consulted no white farmers.
ABC News called Trump’s accusations an “ambush” on Ramaphosa, claiming “unproven claims spread by Elon Musk” and noting whites own most farmland — implying land theft is justified retribution.
The ADL, whose stated mission is protecting Jews worldwide, issued a statement attacking white South Africans as “white supremacists” exploiting farm violence for propaganda, denying racial motive despite documented hundreds of murders by black perpetrators.
Wikipedia labels “white genocide” a “political myth based on pseudoscience” driven by “white extinction anxiety,” while demographic data shows white populations plummeting across the West.
The core moral question: universal human value vs. selective outrage
The episode argues the only coherent worldview is universalist: all human life has equal value, and it is always wrong to harm innocent people regardless of race — including Palestinians in Gaza, whites in the Transvaal, Jews, Filipinos, or anyone.
Media and institutional denial reveals a distorted worldview where some groups’ oppression is unacceptable while others’ is morally justified — the definition of racism.
Denying objectively true violence reveals the deniers’ actual belief: that it is acceptable to kill certain people based on how they were born.
Leon Lotz’s testimony: a farmer’s lived reality
Lotz, a farmer since buying his first land with savings from working as a farrier in 1994 (post-Mandela), has survived three serious farm attacks and witnessed his father-in-law’s murder and wife’s rape.
First attack (father-in-law’s murder): Intruders shot his father-in-law in front of his wife and children, raped his wife (who weighed ~50kg), threatened his 16-year-old son, and stole nothing — they came to kill, not rob.
Second attack: A man selling stolen horse equipment led police to a sting operation; the thief escaped, returned, and burned Lotz’s barn with tractors and equipment (~1.3-1.4 million rand loss).
Third attack: Confronted cattle thieves who tried to slit his throat; he defended himself, leaving scars on his leg.
Neighboring farmers suffered similar fates: parents executed on knees with shots to back of head, a tenant’s throat slashed “like an animal,” a neighbor’s wife shot twice but survived.
Systemic failure: police, courts, and death certificates
Reporting attacks leads to the victim being arrested first on assault charges; most murders go uninvestigated with empty police dockets.
Death certificates routinely list “unnatural causes” instead of murder; Lotz forced authorities to put “gunshot wound to abdomen” on his father-in-law’s certificate after a “huge argument.”
Lotz says the killer of his father-in-law (Mario Konzo, a Mozambican immigrant) confessed to 23 murders, received a lengthy prison sentence, but was released after one year; he claims South African prisoners serve at most 10% of their sentences.
Court system: no juries, judges appointed by the president; Lotz’s prosecutor arrived late, smelled of alcohol, and the defense attorney (white) destroyed Lotz’s wife on the stand for three days, calling her a liar.
State mortuaries in townships are horrific: bodies stacked in corridors without refrigeration, disrespectful staff, corpses mutilated by crude autopsies with stitches centimeters apart.
Government policy: land expropriation and disarmament
ANC official policy (supported by Ramaphosa) is land expropriation without compensation — “null” compensation — and Ramaphosa has cited Zimbabwe’s white genocide as a model.
Agri SA, the only government-recognized agricultural organization, has never defended a single farmer and hides death certificates; Lotz calls them a government mouthpiece.
White farmers cannot own AK-47s or automatic weapons (special licenses nearly impossible), while attackers use AK-47s freely; if a farmer shoots an intruder, he goes to jail.
New laws allow seizure of not just farms but personal property (cars, etc.) without compensation; Lotz’s own organization negotiates his property rights without his consent.
Infrastructure and economic collapse
South Africa was completely self-sufficient in fertilizer (except urea); government destroyed the industry in 30 years — Sasol plant absorbed, Phalaborwa phosphorus plant moved to Richards Bay and produced zero granules this season.
Hospitals destroyed: small-town hospitals are “pigsties” with no doctors; Lotz drove 350-890km for his wife’s leukemia treatment after the murder; she died after 3.5 years of chemo he administered himself at 1,500 rand/injection, 60,000 rand/month uncovered by insurance.
Schools destroyed; electricity grid collapsing; crime rampant — every home has barbed wire, steel palisades, alarms, cameras, dogs; insurance costs 20,000 rand/month.
White farmers (30,000 remaining from 100,000+ in 1994) produce world-class yields: 16 tons corn/hectare under pivot irrigation, 8-10 tons wheat, 80-200 tons potatoes, top-tier livestock — with zero government subsidies.
Racial dynamics and incitement
Julius Malema (EFF leader) openly sings “Kill the Boer, kill the farmer,” fires automatic rifles at rallies, found guilty of hate speech and illegal discharge — faces no consequences; Lotz believes Malema is a facade working for Ramaphosa/ANC.
Malema and ANC appoint judges; the Judicial Service Commission includes Malema, ensuring judicial capture.
Farm attacks are not robberies: attackers urinate/defecate on victims, rape women, burn with irons, pour boiling water down throats — deliberate dehumanization and torture.
Cape Flats murders (black-on-black) are ignored by media; only white farm murders are denied or justified as retribution for apartheid.
Lotz emphasizes: white farmers don’t chant “kill the worker”; they want to live peacefully, but are targeted by another ethnic group incited by political leaders blaming them for poverty the ANC caused.
The farmer’s resolve and the broader stakes
Lotz refuses to leave: “I must stay. My children don’t want to leave.” He has lost his wife of 37 years, his daughter hospitalized for psychiatric trauma at 15, his family destroyed.
Orania (Afrikaans self-governing community) is now targeted by ANC/Malema as “racist” despite building success from nothing.
Lotz argues the ANC destroys all institutions (electricity, schools, hospitals, courts) then blames 30,000 farmers for the poverty of millions plus millions of illegal immigrants from Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique.
Without white farmers, South Africa would starve: “They would die!” — Malema’s followers lack the skill to plant corn or raise cattle.
Lotz appeals to the US government: politicians cannot hold all power; self-governance is necessary for survival. “At some point, my family can’t bleed anymore.”
