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VIDEO: Inside Orania — South Africa’s Whites-Only Town

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In early June, Joost Strydom, CEO of the Orania Movement, gave The Daily Caller a tour of the Afrikaner-only city of Orania and responded to international criticism of the city.

You won’t find a Walmart or a Starbucks in Orania, but the small town in South Africa’s Northern Cape province boasts its own schools, currency, businesses and language, all aimed at preserving Afrikaner culture and creating a place of self-determination.

Although the idea had been around for a while, Orania was officially established in 1991 as a place where Afrikaners — a segment of South Africa’s white minority — could make their own decisions, build their own institutions, and do their own labor.

The exclusion of other races and cultures to maintain this goal has drawn criticism from home and abroad.

Leaders in the South African Economic Freedom Fighters Party — whose president, Julius Malema, infamously chanted “Kill the Boer, kill the farmer”— called in April for a review of Orania’s legality and constitutionality, according to IOL.

Strydom told The Daily Caller that this action was “disingenuous,” as Malema had visited Orania in the past, and as Article 235 of the South African Constitution guarantees the right to self-determination.

Strydom said their Afrikaner-only policy was not about segregation; it was about protecting the Afrikaner way of life.

“We are a unique people, we have our unique history, we have a unique origin story, we have a unique language, and we are a Protestant/religious people,” Strydom said.

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He explained that people of different races, creeds, and cultures were welcome to visit, but they would never be considered “part of the people trying to build something for the Afrikaners here.”

One way Oranians uphold this standard is by doing their own labor, no matter the task.

While critics may raise concerns about Orania limiting job opportunities to Afrikaners, residents see it as a badge of honor.

“Everything we do, we do ourselves,” Strydom said.

He explained that this policy has a threefold purpose. First, labor is a noble pursuit and a form of sacrifice to God. Second, if they do not perform their own work, then they can never truly be free. And finally, “no one can say that Afrikaners exploited me to build their dream,” Strydom told The Daily Caller.

Strydom acknowledged that “the elephant in the room” was the historical exploitation of “cheap black labor” by white South Africans. He said that Oranians’ willingness to get their own hands dirty was not a sign of racism but a symbol of equality.

Because they choose not to rely on outside labor, Orania invests heavily in the education of Afrikaner youth.

Oranian children are taught math, history, and science in Afrikaans, the Afrikaners’ native language.

After graduating, they can attend the city’s trade school, where they learn masonry, plumbing, agriculture, child development, or electrical engineering alongside other non-Oranian Afrikaner students who, Strydom said, do not get the same opportunities elsewhere because of racial admission quotas.

One of Orania’s primary missions is its pursuit of energy independence.

As the head of Orania’s energy sector, Riaan Jacobs, showed The Daily Caller around the city’s solar plant, he said they are currently at 45% of the city’s energy goal. However, they are producing enough to reduce the effects of the South African government’s load-shedding, where energy is cut off completely to manage costs.

Jacobs said their quest for energy independence is not just about self-reliance but also about self-determination.

“If you’re not energy independent, you’re not politically independent,” Jacobs said.

Orania’s infrastructure will have to continue growing to meet the city’s goals.

Part of this initiative involves being very deliberate about where they spend their money. Strydom pointed to the gravel streets throughout the city and said that they work just fine. He argued that it would be a better use of their money to invest in better internet capacities, which could attract more income, and that paved roads can wait.

“Orania is a plane you’re trying to build as you fly,” Strydom said.

Strydom said he hopes to use the city’s 3,000 population to lay the foundation for 7,000 more Afrikaners who may soon seek refuge in Orania from racial persecution.

Strydom said Orania could function as an alternative to Afrikaners applying as refugees to the U.S., as referenced in Trump’s February executive order.

“I don’t want to stand in the way of Afrikaners choosing to emigrate, choosing President Donald Trump’s offer, but I would like to contribute to creating a viable alternative here,” Strydom said.

Sam Busà, an organizer with the Amerikaners movement for South African minorities seeking American immigration, was more skeptical of Orania’s intentions. “I don’t think they’re happy with the refugee program even being in existence, because clearly it would be optimal for them to have as many people of their culture remain behind,” Busà said.

Strydom emphasized that his ancestors had been in Africa for 100 years before the U.S. was even founded and that moving to America would result in losing their identity as a culture, as they would become Americans.

AUTHOR

Derek VanBuskirk

Reporter.

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EXCLUSIVE: Trump Admin Hopes To Bring ‘Thousands’ Of Refugees From South Africa By Late Summer

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The Trump administration hopes to begin taking in thousands of Afrikaner refugees from South Africa by the end of this summer, a State Department official told the Daily Caller Friday.

In February, President Donald Trump signed an executive order promoting resettling Afrikaner refugees in the U.S. In early May, 59 Afrikaners arrived in the U.S. before a meeting later in the month between Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. The official told the Caller that the number of Afrikaner refugees is expected to rise sharply “towards the second half of summer.”

“We won’t be talking about dozens of arrivals, but hundreds and perhaps thousands,” the official said.

Although the official said he does not have an exact time frame, he said he “would feel confident in saying that … towards the second half of summer, we’ll start to massively scale this up.”

The official said that there is a backlog of over 50,000 refugee applications, and they expect that this number will “continue to rise.”

Trump’s EO accused South Africa of showing “disregard” for the rights of its citizens through “countless government policies designed to dismantle equal opportunity in employment, education, and business, and hateful rhetoric and government actions fueling disproportionate violence against racially disfavored landowners.”

The order cut off aid to South Africa and announced that the U.S. will “promote the resettlement of Afrikaner refugees escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination, including racially discriminatory property confiscation.”

“Everyone who has been admitted to the United States thus far … has demonstrated a persecution claim,” the official told the Caller. “People have suffered attacks on their farms that were racially motivated.”

The official said nine Afrikaner refugees arrived in Atlanta on Friday morning, following the first wave. Many advocates for refugee settlement have inexplicably changed their tune when the Afrikaners are involved. Episcopal Migration Services, the Episcopal Church’s refugee service, decided to begin winding down its partnership with the federal government when Trump started promoting Afrikaner resettlement. The Church World Service, another Christian group, said it was willing to assist the Afrikaners but claimed they had received preferential treatment over other applicants.

AUTHOR

Derek VanBuskirk

Reporter.

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Trump Forces South African President To Watch Video Of Country’s Leaders Calling For Genocide

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President Donald Trump forced the President of the Republic of South Africa to watch videos of the country’s leaders calling for the genocide of white farmers during a meeting in the Oval Office on Wednesday.

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa visited Trump for a bilateral meeting as well as a private lunch. In the middle of their public conversation, Trump ordered his staff to dim the lights and play videos of “genocide in South Africa” for attendees of the meeting.

The video montage showed different clips of political leaders from the minority party in South Africa calling for killing the Boers — a term that means “farmers” and refers to white South Africans — and supporters chanting along. Another clip showed what Trump said were a thousand burial sites of deceased white farmers in South Africa and their families lining up to pay their respects. For most of the footage, Ramaphosa faced forward or glanced at Trump instead of looking at the screen, which was to his right.

“Burial sites. Right here. Burial sites. Over a thousand white farmers and those cars are lined up to pay love on a Sunday morning. Each one of those white things you see is a cross. And there is approximately a thousand of them. They are all white farmers, the family of white farmers. And those cars aren’t driving. They are stopped there to pay respects to their family member who was killed,” Trump said.

Ramaphosa turned to watch the video.

“And it’s a terrible sight, I have never seen anything like it,” Trump said.

Ramaphosa then asked the president to find out where the last video he showed took place because he had never seen the footage before.

“South Africa,” Trump asserted.

“I need to find out,” Ramaphosa said of the location of the video.

As the duo started taking questions about the videos shown in the Oval Office, Trump then got into a back-and-forth with Ramaphosa.

“What you saw, the speeches that were being made … one, that’s not government policy. We have a multiparty democracy in South Africa that allows people to express themselves, political parties to various policies. In many cases, or in some cases, those policies don’t go along with government policy. Our government policy is completely, completely against what [the leaders were] saying, even in the parliament — a minority party, which is allowed to exist in terms of our constitution,” Ramaphosa began.

“But you do allow them to take land,” the president interjected.

“No, nobody can take land,” Ramaphosa quickly jumped in.

“When they take the land, they kill the white farmer, and when they do, nothing happens to them. Nothing happens to them,” Trump countered, asking the South African president, “How do you explain that?”

AUTHOR

Reagan Reese

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South African Orphanage Denied Food Because Children Are White

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The video on this issue was censored in South Africa. Of course.

WATCH: Censored in South Africa: Orphanage denied food because orphans are white

Thank you Hellequin GB.

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Musk Says South Africa Banned Starlink Because He’s ‘Not Black’

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Elon Musk claimed Friday that Starlink, his satellite internet company, is unable to operate in South Africa because he is “not black.”

SpaceX, the satellite service’s parent company, is prohibited from entering the South African market due to the country’s Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) regulations, which are meant to “enhance the economic participation of black people in the South African economy.” Musk’s remark came in response to a clip featuring Robert Hersov, a South African entrepreneur, discussing anti-white racial policies imposed by the country’s government.

“Starlink is not allowed to operate in South Africa, because I’m not black,” Musk, who was also born in South Africa before immigrating to Canada and later the U.S., said in a post on X. 

Clayson Monyela, head of public diplomacy at South Africa’s Department of International Relations, denied the claims in a response on X.

“Sir, that’s NOT true & you know it! It’s got nothing to do with your skin colour,” he said. “Starlink is welcome to operate in [South African flag emoji] provided there’s compliance with local laws. This is a global international trade & investment principle. There are over 600 USA companies investing & operating in #SouthAfrica…all complying & thriving! @Microsoft just announced additional investments yesterday.”

Under South Africa’s Electronic Communications Act (ECA) of 2005, which regulates companies building or operating telecommunications infrastructure in the country, firms cannot obtain an operating license unless they comply with a 30% minimum equity ownership requirement by “historically disadvantaged groups.”

SpaceX urged the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) to reconsider its rules requiring 30% minority ownership, TechCentral reported in January.

The dispute comes amid rising tensions between South Africa and the United States. President Donald Trump announced Friday the U.S. will halt all federal funding to the country. Trump directly cited the African National Congress’ (ANC), South Africa’s ruling party, compulsory land seizures of property belonging to rural Boer farmers as a reason for the funding freeze.

“South Africa is being terrible, plus, to long time Farmers in the country. They are confiscating their LAND and FARMS, and MUCH WORSE THAN THAT. A bad place to be right now, and we are stopping all Federal Funding,” the president wrote.

Several white farmers in South Africa have been murdered in recent years, with the Transvaal Agricultural Union, a farmers’ union, estimating between 58 and 74 farmers were murdered between 2015 and 2017 in politically motivated attacks. Shaik Emam, a member of South Africa’s parliament, described the attacks as “not normal criminality” and “extremely violent and often accompanied by brutal torturing in the most barbaric way” in a 2017 debate.

The president also offered a “rapid pathway” to citizenship for South African farmers leaving the country. Musk announced a Starlink partnership with United Airlines, which was officially implemented in the airline’s systems Friday.

AUTHOR

Thomas English

Contributor.

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South Africa’s Christians Rise Up Against Government’s Claim That Israel Has Committed ‘Genocide’

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The government of South Africa has taken Israel to the International Court of Justice, charging the Jewish state with “genocide” in Gaza. The charge is preposterous, and it will be seen to be so as the Israelis continue to lay out their defense. Meanwhile, 86% of South Africans are Christians; only 1.6% are Muslims.

The government’s decision to charge Israel at the ICJ with practicing “genocide” is wildly unpopular in the country.

And now the Christians have been speaking out, expressing their deep distress over the government’s grotesque attack on Israel. The fury over the government’s coming out so strongly, and unfairly, against the Jewish state, might even lead infuriated Christians to mount a political challenge to the ANC.

More on the Christians of South Africa rallying in support of Israel can be found here:

South African Christian leaders oppose ICJ charge: Cannot keep silent

by Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, Jerusalem Post, January 10, 2024:

Christians throughout South Africa have risen against the government’s decision to take Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on charges that it is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

“The African National Congress government and their allies’ decision to take Israel to the International Court of Justice has brought us to a place where, like the time of Queen Esther in the Bible, we cannot keep silent,” said Tshego Motaung, head of the Healing of the Nations prayer movement in an article published on the South African Christian website Gateway News. “We cannot keep silent when a government that has failed on its domestic mandate wants to rise as a hero in the global political arena.”…

The first argument made by these Christians is a moral one. Hamas committed unspeakable crimes on October 7, and Israel has a right, and a duty, to defend itself. Hamas wishes to destroy Israel, but Israel has no similar desire to annihilate Gaza. Israel is the victim, Hamas the criminal. The South African government has things backward.

The second argument is one based on the recognition that South Africa stands to benefit economically from good relations with Israel. The Jewish state is a world leader in water management — in desalination, drip irrigation, wastewater recycling, and production of water from the ambient air. It is a world leader, too, in solar energy, and could help South Africa, which gets 50% more exposure to the sun than the United States, increase its use of that renewable source of energy. Finally, Israel could help South Africa develop its own high-tech start-ups, another area where Israel is a world leader.

Third, unnamed “trading partners” of South Africa — presumably meaning the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and the members of the E.U. — are likely to look askance at Pretoria for taking the side of Hamas, a group that is widely recognized as a terrorist organization. This may affect their willingness to continue to trade with South Africa, and to cause them, too, to refrain from closer political ties with a country that defends and endorses murderous terrorists.

They [South African Christians] also condemn the government for failing to condemn Hamas’s actions in Gaza.

This failure by their government to condemn Hamas’ atrocities on October 7, and its use of human shields in Gaza, and its kidnapping and cruel mistreatment of Israeli hostages, including children and the elderly, is to South Africa’s Christians inexplicable and insupportable. It has been more than 100 days since the atrocities committed on October 7, and still not a syllable of sympathy for Israelis has been forthcoming from Pretoria.

“Such actions could be interpreted as direct support to Hamas’s tactics, including using civilians as human shields and diverting aid for military purposes and the building of tunnels, rather than humanitarian relief sent to the Palestinian people, which Hamas intercepted,” the letter continued.

The letter from the Christian groups in South Africa notes that Hamas made a choice years ago: it chose to spend billions of aid dollars on its underground network of tunnels. The letter might have also noted that Hamas’ corruption is colossal, and that just three Hamas leaders — Khaled Meshaal, Mousa Abu Marzouk, and Ismail Haniyeh — have stolen a total of $11 billion from aid money meant for the people of Gaza. But that would be too dangerous a matter to raise, given that the ANC leaders are also, like those of Hamas, exceedingly corrupt, with President Ramaphosa alone now possessing about half a billion dollars.

AUTHOR

HUGH FITZGERALD

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‘Genocide’? The Population of Gaza Tripled Under Israeli Occupation

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What does Israel do in Gaza? Does the IDF deliberately rape, torture, and murder Palestinian civilians, as Hamas did to the Israelis at the dance party and in the kibbutzim? Does the IDF take delight in killing, in as sadistic a way as possible, as many Gazan civilians as it can? No, of course not. The IDF tries instead, to minimize civilian casualties. It has no desire to harm the truly innocent. Unfortunately, Hamas wants to maximize those civilian casualties, and to exploit that result to undermine Israel’s standing in the world.

Whenever it can, the IDF warns civilians away from areas about to be targeted. These warnings are enormous undertakings. When the IDF had concluded that it was first going to concentrate its war-making in northern Gaza, it dropped 1.5 leaflets on that area, urging inhabitants to move south of the Wadi Gaza, so as to avoid the most intense fighting that was about to begin in the north. 900,000 Gazans ultimately heeded the warning, and headed south on the north-south corridor of Salah al-Din Street. Hamas fired on, and killed, some of the Gazans trying to move south, in order to keep their civilian shields trapped in the north. Later, when the IDF began to attack Hamas in the south, it dropped both leaflets, and sent emails, with maps included, that showed Gazans the precise areas in the south, in and around Khan Yunis, where the IDF would not be attacking, and that, therefore, they should move to for safety’s sake. It was the same with buildings — schools, apartment buildings, mosques — where the IDF was about to attack. The IDF messaged, emailed, telephoned, and used the “knock-on-the-roof” technique to warn civilians living in or near those buildings soon to be targeted to leave them. Furthermore, Israeli pilots will call off an airstrike if they detect too many civilians near the target.

The result of the IDF’s attempt to minimize harm to civilians can be seen in the statistics about casualties. The UN has reported that in all the wars since World War II, the average civilian-to-combatant ratio been 9 to 1, that is, nine civilians killed for every combatant killed. The American and British armies have worked hard to bring down that ratio, and succeeded. In Iraq, when the Americans were fighting forces loyal to Saddam Hussein, the ration was 3 civilians killed for every combatant. In Afghanistan, the ratio was estimated at between 3 and 5 civilians killed for every combatant. But in the Gaza war, the ratio was much lower still. As of January 6, the IDF believes it has killed about 9,500 Hamas fighters. As of January 4, the Palestinian Ministry of Health claimed a total of 22,500 dead; it does not provide a breakdown between civilians and soldiers killed. Using these figures, we find that at most there have been 13,000 civilian deaths and 9,500 combatant deaths, for a ratio of 130:95, which is far lower than 2: 1, and perhaps the lowest such civilian-to-combatant ratio in a war since such records have been kept. It is no wonder that British Colonel Richard Kemp has called the IDF “the most moral army in the world.”

So let the spectacle begin at the ICJ in The Hague. South Africa claims that Israel is “committing genocide” in Gaza. Israel should begin by noting how the Palestinian population of Gaza went from 410,00 to 1.3 million during the time Israel occupied the Strip. It should note, further that the Palestinian population in Judea and Samaria (a/k/a the West Bank) increased from 600,000 in 1967 to three million today. There was no “genocide” in either place. But what about now? Israel should mention how Hamas tries in increase civilian casualties among its own people, by placing its weapons, its rocket launchers, and its fighters in and around and under— in the 300-mile network of tunnels —civilian structures, in order to use its own civilians as human shields. The Israeli legal teamnat the ICJ should present the evidence of all the ways that the IDF attempts to minimize civilian deaths in Gaza: first, by warning Palestinians away from those parts of Gaza that were soon to be targeted by, for example, dropping 1.5 million leaflets in northern Gaza; second, by providing maps both in emails amd in a million leaflets dropped south of the Wadi Gaza, showing places in southern Gaza that were not going to be targeted by the IDF, places where Palestinians would be relatively safe until further notice; third, in warning Palestinians away from specific buildings, including schools, mosques, apartment and office buildings, through messaging, telephoning, and the “knock-on-the-roof” technique. Lay it all out for the august judges in solemn conclave assembled at the ICJ. Tell the justices about how the ratio of civilians-to-combatants killed by the IDF in Gaza is 130:95, or less than 2 to 1, far below what has been recorded in previous wars anywhere in the world. And let those justices hear about the wounded Hamas fighters who since the Gaza War began have been treated in Israeli hospitals, and their lives saved as a result. All of that evidence shows a clear lack of “intent” by the IDF to commit genocide, and fatally vitiates the claim, made by South Africa, that the Jewish state has been “genocidal” in its conduct of the war against Hamas killers in Gaza.

AUTHOR

HUGH FITZGERALD

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San Francisco: Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Can’t Find Enough Housing for Gay ‘Refugees’

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Mark Hetfield

Mark Hetfield, President & CEO of Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society.

Ho hum!  So we are bringing refugees from the highly touted welcoming-to-all “Rainbow Nation” of South Africa, dropping them off in San Francisco and now whining about how there isn’t enough housing for them.

Maybe one of the well-paid staffers at the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) might welcome this gay refugee to their home!

A long sob story at the Bay Area Reporter:

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Isn’t HIAS PAID to take care of the refugees it resettles? Why is San Francisco gay refugee saying this: “In the U.S. I am facing homelessness,” Mayema told the Bay Area Reporter in a recent interview. “I don’t want to end up on the streets.”

“Our biggest challenge in helping these people is to find housing for them,” said Amy Weiss, the director of refugee and immigrant services at Jewish Family and Children’s Services of the East Bay. “They come with no employment history and no housing history. San Francisco is hard enough to find housing if you have an income. It is a huge problem for us and for them and to anybody resettling refugees.”

The agency is believed to be the only one in the country that has developed a specific program to work with LGBT refugees. It began four years ago when a number of Iranian LGBT refugees, who had fled to Turkey, needed help resettling in the U.S.

Since then the agency has worked with a number of LGBT refugees, mostly gay men from Africa and the Middle East. In November Junior Mayema arrived from Capetown, South Africa, where he had fled five years ago from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Then look at this, even the UN High Commissioner for Refugees refers to the attack (the star of this story claimed he suffered) as an “alleged attack.” So, he was resettled in America even though it was never proven he was attacked in S. Africa?

UNHCR staff, after learning about Mayema’s alleged attack, referred his case for resettlement last summer. Four months later, according to the account, he was granted refugee status and, in November, arrived in the Bay Area where he received assistance from the Jewish agency and a local church-sponsored group in acclimating to his new surroundings.

And, by the way, as we admit hundreds of refugees from the supposedly welcoming country of South Africa, you can bet there are few if any persecuted white people in the group.  I wonder if a white person pretended to be gay or lesbian and said he or she was attacked, could they get in to the US from South Africa?

The sob story goes on and on, continue reading here.  It is largely a play for more taxpayer money!

Islamic State recruits in South Africa

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The murderous Islamic State (Isis) is active in South Africa and has been recruiting citizens to fight in Iraq and Syria. So far, three have died fighting for the terrorist group.

Iraq’s ambassador to South Africa, Dr Hushaim al-Alawi, said on Saturday that the men’s deaths were subsequently covered up as car accidents. The trio had travelled to Syria separately.

The terror group is known for its highly publicised beheadings of foreigners and for carrying out other public executions.

Al-Alawi says he shared the information with Department of International Relations and Co-operation officials. According to a UN report, more than 15 000 people from various countries have travelled to Syria and Iraq to fight alongside Isis. The Sunday Independent understands that up to 140 men have left South Africa to join the group.

But Department of State Security spokesman Brian Dube said he was unaware of any South Africans joining Isis. However, he said intelligence officials would look into it.

The Syrian Embassy said it was not aware of the matter.

The Foreign Military Assistance Act, 1998 (Act No 15 1998) prohibits South African citizens from participating in the armed forces of foreign states, rendering foreign military assistance and taking part in armed groups.

Although al-Alawi said he was not aware that 140 SA citizens had allegedly joined Isis, he said there were groups operating in the country recruiting for and raising funds for Isis under the guise of humanitarian aid.

He said one of the South Africans who died fighting for Isis was recruited by two men in Joburg.

The 24-year-old had travelled with a group of young men from Azaadville and Lenasia. He is believed to have been killed in combat for Isis in October last year.

The ambassador said before the man left the county he sold all his belongings, including his car.

Al-Alawi said the man came from a wealthy background.

“He was recruited by two men in Gauteng. The group used the slogan of supporting refugees and orphans,” he said. The third victim to die in combat this year was a 26-year-old man from Vereeniging, who went to Saudi Arabia on pilgrimage.

“When he got to Saudi Arabia he came in contact with a man who convinced him to travel to Syria to join Isis,” he said.

The man died fighting for Isis, but his family were told he had died in a car crash. “They always use car accidents as an excuse.”

A 54-year-old man from Cape Town had left with a group that was meant to provide humanitarian aid but then joined Isis and died while he was travelling in a convoy with the terror group.

“His body has been returned to South Africa,” said al-Alawi.

He said the group used its strong media resources to lure young men from various countries to join them.

He cited the example of a man who attended Friday prayers with a friend at a mosque in the Eastern Cape. He was shocked by the speaker’s inflammatory language. “They were saying all non-Muslim should be sent to hell,” said al-Alawi.

A spokesman for the Muslim judicial body, the Jamiatul Ulama South Africa, said: “If this is a matter of fact that so many South Africans are joining the Islamic State, there will always be concerns. There are legal implications for anyone involved in armed conflicts around the world.”

This week the African Christian Democratic Party released a statement calling on the government to investigate the allegations that elements in South Africa are “key players in facilitating funding and sending of recruits to fight alongside Isis”.

Al-Alawi said it was the obligation of all countries to raise awareness to prevent young men from joining terrorist groups.

“This is not a simple issue to deal with, but we have to bring on board government and non-government organisations to fight terrorism. I think if we do that we are likely to succeed,” said al-Alawi.

Last year South Africans were shocked when it emerged that “White Widow” Samantha Lewthwaite – believed to be the mastermind behind the terrorist attack in Kenya – had lived in a flat in Mayfair, Joburg with her three children.

International Relations spokesman Nelson Kgwete told The Sunday Independent on Saturday they were unaware of South Africans being recruited by Isis, but if the ambassador had passed on such information, it would have been relayed to security authorities.

Kgwete could not confirm whether the bodies of the dead men who were allegedly Isis recruits had been repatriated to South Africa.

“The UN Security Council recently adopted a resolution that member countries must take harsh action against citizens helping such groups. In South Africa we have laws that deal with this, and any citizens who are found to be in contravention of the laws will be dealt with.”

He said security agents would be best positioned to look into the allegations and take appropriate action.

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