Anderson Cooper's investigative report on 60 Minutes directly challenged President Trump's claims of a white farmer genocide in South Africa. The segment revealed that crosses shown as 'burial sites' by Trump were actually temporary memorials erected by Darrel Brown to honor murdered farmers, not mass graves.

Cooper traveled to South Africa to examine the evidence, interviewing both Brown and Tollie Nel's widow, Rene Nel. Brown admitted the crosses were displayed for less than 48 hours and were stored in his shed, contradicting Trump's assertion of 'over 1,000' burial sites. Rene Nel rejected the genocide characterization, describing attacks as opportunistic crimes rather than systematic ethnic violence.

Johann Kotzé, head of South Africa's largest agricultural organization, supported this assessment, stating the issue was criminality rather than white genocide. The report, delayed by CBS News management, aired just days before Cooper announced his departure from 60 Minutes after the current season.