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PODCAST | The Lead: Adriaan Basson calls out SA&#x2019s Trump collaborators

Nov 14, 2025 North America views: 198

With next week’s G20 Leaders Summit Trump-less… News24 editor-in-chief Adriaan Basson seizes the moment to call out those South Africans who’ve underlined the current US administration’s boldfaced lies about the reality of life for white people in this country today.

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Remember their names:

Kallie Kriel

Rob Hersov

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These are just some of the collaborators News24 editor-in-chief Adriaan Basson argues played a part in backing US President Donald Trump’s lies about the Afrikaner experience in SA today.

Basson,our guest on The Lead,believes Trump’s comments may come and go,but history will remember these collaborators.

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