Cabinet rejects US refugee status for Afrikaners, calls narrative misleading [SOUND]

# Cabinet has slammed the decision by the US to grant refugee status to some Afrikaners, calling claims of persecution unfounded and misleading. According to the cabinet, the decision undermines South Africa’s constitutional democracy and misrepresents the country’s human rights record. Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni told the media the government will engage diplomatic channels to challenge the US decision: