By Tim Cocks, Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Following is a look at some of the claims made by U.S. President Donald Trump about the alleged persecution of South Africa's white minority. Trump made several false statements and misrepresented some facts during a contentious Oval Office meeting on Wednesday with President Cyril Ramaphosa.

President Trump has singled out White Afrikaner farmers for U.S. refugee status, claiming they're persecuted in South Africa. But most people there say it's simply not true.

Trump’s false “genocide” claims forced race to the forefront of national conversation in South Africa in a way rarely seen since the end of apartheid.