South Africa's President has branded a group of 59 white Afrikaners granted refugee status in the US as 'cowards'.
The White House expedited the group's applications after saying they were victims of 'racial discrimination' under Cyril Ramaphosa's African National Congress (ANC) government.
US President Donald Trump was instrumental in their arrival in Washington DC on Monday, accusing South Africa of allowing a 'genocide' to take place and for 'white farmers' to specifically be targeted.
But Ramaphosa said those who wanted to leave the country were simply not happy with his efforts to fix the inequalities caused by South Africa's apartheid past.
He said: 'As South Africans, we are resilient. We don't run away from our problems. We must stay here and solve our problems.
