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Ernst Roets

17 days

What an honour to meet the Prime Minister of Hungary and to have a conversation with him over a glass of wine to discuss some issues that are dear to us.

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2 years

Bheki Cele is accusing his critics of racism, because he has nothing of substance to say in response to the actual criticism.

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10 months

Responding to Malema's "Kill the Boer, kill the farmer". After the chant, several farmers were attacked on their farms in South Africa. 79-year-old farmer, Theo Bekker was brutally murdered. He was severely beaten before his throat was slit. Please spread the word! @afriforum

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Imagine having been in government for 28 years and still blaming the previous government for your failures.

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2 years

Wears Gucci, travels in Mercedes, drinks French champagne, tweets from iPhone, quotes Karl Marx... ...hates the West.

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2 years

The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs. Karl Marx

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3 years

Julius is upset, because there are riots and he's not the center of attention.

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3 years

The harder you work, the more privileged you become.

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2 years

Ramaphosa tells white people his government will keep discriminating against them, then he asks them not to leave the country, so that he can keep discriminating against them.

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5 years

The difference between racism and ANC style “non-racialism”: “Africa is for Africans” = non-racialism “Europe is for Europeans” = racism. Black preferential treatment = non-racialism. White preferential treatment = racism Non racialism has become code for anti-white racism.

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1 year

EFF made it onto "Clown World".

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3 years

To be fair to both Zuma and Ramaphosa, the problem with the ANC is not its leaders. The problem wasn't simply Zuma, nor is it Ramaphosa. The problem with the ANC is the ANC itself. It is an inherently corrupt, incompetent movement.

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1 year

New trend...

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2 years

My family and I were in Lifestyle Centre Spur in Centurion tonight to celebrate my son's birthday. As we approached the door to leave, an armed gang started to rob the place. A shooting broke out and one suspect was shot dead by an off-duty police officer. We are okay.

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9 months

Thank you for taking a stand about what's happening in South Africa, Elon.

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9 months

@ConCaracal @EndWokeness The lack of condemnation about EFF actively calling for genocide is appalling

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1 year

Telling white people in Africa to "go back to Europe" is a cause for celebration of free speech. Telling black people in Europe to "go back to Africa" is regarded as racist hate speech. These are the times we live in.

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5 years

Who would’ve thought that fighting for freedom in post-94 South Africa would be such an uphill battle?

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3 years

SARS is concerned that people are hellbent on finding ways not to pay tax. If they were honest, they would recognize that people would be much less reluctant to pay tax if their money wasn't just dumped into a treasure chest for one of the most corrupt governments on earth.

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Dear @CyrilRamaphosa . My brother was attacked. My friend shot dead, my other friend‘s throat was slit. A family member had a garden fork pierced through her head. All on farms. Yet you claim that there are no farm murders. You will not get away with this. We’ll see to it.

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3 years

If Trump's tweets amount to incitement of violence, why hasn't Twitter banned @Julius_S_Malema yet? He has been reported countless times. #TrumpBanned

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5 years

Court dismisses the charges against me. Thank you for all the messages of support!

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6 months

The South African government quietly published a notice in the government gazette that farmers would have to comply with strict racial requirements before they would be allowed to export to Britain and the EU. This is bad for everyone. They are in for the fight of their lives.

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1 year

The EFF has proven today that they are not a force to be reckoned with, that they don't have massive support, that their "revolution" is a fringe idea, that they are more bark than bite and that people have no reason to fear them. This #NationalShutdown is a spectacular failure.

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2 years

One of SA's biggest problems is the deeply entrenched belief that someone who is poor, is poor mainly because someone stole from him, and someone who is rich, is rich mainly because he stole from someone. Almost zero premium is placed on work ethic, skills development & savings.

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3 years

Mic drop.

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2 years

Mask mandates have ended. This is not the work of a gracious government. It's the work of strong civil society and even a degree of civil disobedience by fed-up citizens.

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4 years

Not sure if these cricket players are naive enough to believe that they are merely supporting non-discrimination. What they are actually doing is promoting a highly ideological movement that attacks innocent people, vandalises property and encourages criminality.

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5 years

Socialism...

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2 years

One of the main reasons why people are losing faith in the media is because the line between opinion journalism and reporting the news has become too blurred. Too many journalists are reporting the news according to their opinions.

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2 years

A regime in which the incitement of violence against minorities is condoned by the legal system is not a free and open democracy, but an oppressive system.

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2 years

46% of South Africans receive some form of welfare grant, while fewer than 5% (3 million people) pay 97% of all personal income tax.

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2 years

Court ordered that Zuma has to go back to prison. AfriForum's members made this possible. Media statement to follow.

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3 years

If the SA gov was really concerned about black athletes, they would invest in development and facilities. Problem is they want the results, but they don't want to do the work.

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1 year

It is now clear the ANC's critique of race laws before 1994 was only a power move and not a genuine condemnation of race discrimination. The ANC called apartheid a crime against humanity due to race laws, expropriation of property and double standards with regard to freedom of…

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4 years

BREAKING: AfriForum has just obtained a court order declaring that a person tested positive for Covid-19 may not be forced into a state quarantine facility if they are able and willing to self-isolate. This is a big win for justice and freedom. Press statement to follow.

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2 years

Eusebius McKaiser is walking evidence that in South Africa you can be racist and even get paid for it, as long as you remain racist towards the politically prescribed minority community.

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1 year

Fikile Mbalula is the guy who moves from one press conference to the next, promising to fix things, then he never does it.

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2 years

AfriForum will oppose vaccine mandates if implemented by the government

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2 years

Definitely not fake news. 😂

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3 years

Anyone remember how we were told that Ramaphosa would be the president to fix South Africa?

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3 years

I have three children who are by now older than I was when apartheid ended. At some point we need to agree that we can't blame the past forever.

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3 years

First rule of gun safety: Don't let the government take your gun.

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2 years

The people in charge are just standing by, doing nothing. If the radicals take over, it's because well meaning moderate people have become passive - too scared to take a stance.

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3 years

At the rate at which Cabinet has been increasing in size since the ANC took power, it's just a matter of time before we have a Minister of Furniture and a National Tupperware Commissioner.

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5 years

Two decades after the destruction of the Anglo Boer War, the Afrikaners didn’t blame the past for all their troubles. They baked and sold koeksisters, they started companies, they organised fundraisers to build schools and universities... Entitlement ideology increases poverty.

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3 years

Are we all in agreement that "Ramaphoria" is over?

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2 years

"Malema builds R16 million palace"

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3 years

I arrived in Washington DC last night. Will be speaking to some people about the South African government's plan to disarm law-abiding citizens. Big media interview coming up. Will share more on that in a few days.

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2 years

It seems like the ANC isn't even trying anymore. It's as if they know their whole government is a farce, but now they're just holding on as long as they can.

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1 year

I just gave a speech at the United Nations Forum on Minority Issues in Geneva, regarding the crisis in South Africa. I mentioned the ANC's 125+ race laws and Julius Malema's hate speech. Thank you to @afriforum members for making our campaign possible.

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4 months

Zizi Kodwa is upset about Dricus du Plessis criticising the South African government for corruption. This needs to be settled. Kodwa should challenge Dricus to a one-on-one in the ring.

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4 years

In South Africa, an advert about dry hair gets more attention than a young man tied to a pole and beaten to death. #BrendinHorner #FarmTerror

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10 months

@elonmusk @bennyjohnson @CyrilRamaphosa Ramaphosa is quiet because 1) he has publicly denied the existence of the problem; and 2) he wants the back door open for a coalition with Malema's party, the EFF.

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7 months

South Africa urgently needs a tax reform. Taxes in South Africa are not only way too high, it's also way too complicated. On top of that, government isn't doing what we're paying them to do, so we have to pay double to get the private sector to do it.

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4 years

Captives of the Zithabiseni quarantine camp hear the news about @afriforum 's court victory that the camp has to be shut down. This was made possible by AfriForum's members. Thank you.

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5 years

I’m offended!

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3 years

Imagine if all the time and money spent on planning and executing riots was spent on building institutions and starting businesses.

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4 years

People are going to defend themselves against political criminals.

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1 year

The ruling party and the third largest party in South Africa actively discriminate and romanticise violence against minorities and somehow we are expected to believe that the problem of racism is exclusively in the realm of the white minority.

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5 years

This man pulled me over today. He asked for my licence. Luckily I’m a law obiding citizen. 😅 @MbalulaFikile

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6 years

My book, #KillTheBoerBook , about the brutality of farm murders is now available on Amazon. I have requested not to take any royalties from the sales. Please get it, read it, spread the word!

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1 year

The police minister has confirmed that in the last three years, 7 million phone calls to the police were dropped. I was one of them, when my family was in an armed robbery. That's over 2,3 million dropped calls per year and over 6'300 dropped calls per day.

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4 years

When you have to Google something during a live TV interview and read the results out loud, because the interviewer didn't do his homework... See full interview here:

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6 years

I’m rereading 1984 by George Orwell. It’s brilliant on so many levels. Take this line, for example: “The revolution will be complete when the language is perfect.” Whether we like it or not, the use of language lies at the heart of the battle of ideas.

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3 years

Decades from now, the ANC will not be remembered for liberating South Africa, but for its reckless race obsessed policies and rampant corruption.

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2 years

It's not the president or the government's job to create jobs. Government job creation doesn't work. Their job is to remove the barriers to enable the private sector to create jobs.

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3 years

Imagine if the South African Police Service patrolled the farms as enthusiastically as they're patrolling the beaches.

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3 years

Tomorrow at 9:00 we will be filing criminal charges against Malema for his threats about having EFF members attack the police.

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2 years

EFF: Kill those people! AfriForum: This needs to stop. Stephen Grootes, Chris Roper, Max du Preez, Nickolaus Bauer, Pauli van Wyk & Pierre de Vos: AfriForum is obviously the problem here.

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5 months

Vandag by die #Voortrekkermonument . #DieGelofte

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9 months

The same publications who try to tell us that an American country singer is racist for singing "try that in a small town" is now trying to tell us that a political leader chanting about murdering ethnic minorities is just singing a song and that his target group is to blame.

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I just sat down with Tucker Carlson for an hour discussion about what's happening in South Africa. I will let you know when it will be aired as soon as I get confirmation.

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2 years

Malema says he will never read my book. I don't think Malema has ever written a book. I have however read The Coming Revolution by Floyd Shivambu and I'm currently reading Mbuyiseni Ndlozi's PDH thesis. Pity they're not interested in views or facts that don't align with theirs.

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1 year

Ebrahim Patel's statement that colonialism is the source of South Africa's current economic troubles is pretty much on par with his earlier decree that the selling of cooked chicken and flip flops should be banned in order to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

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BREAKING: #KillTheBoerBook is about government complicity in South Africa’s brutal farm murders. It’s written for an international audience. I’m finishing the final draft in the next few days. Website, pre-order details & book launch to be announced soon.

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Want to hear something funny? The ANC has an integrity commission.

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Muller and Prinsloo were both very brave today. They testified in court about the farm attacks they went through. Muller's husband was shot, but he survived. Prinsloo's wife was murdered. They even agreed to be cross-examined by the EFF's legal team. Thank you for taking a stand!

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The same ANC of which the president said on an international platform that there are no killings of white farmers in South Africa want to start an awareness campaign after a black person on a different continent was killed.

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The South African government has become the single biggest threat to working people and the poor in their own country.

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3 years

Imagine a government so corrupt and immoral, it steals money designated to help the sick in the middle of a pandemic.

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1 year

Who are they going to blame now?

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2 years

Imagine how low your standards have to be to think that the South African government's performance is on an acceptable level.

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4 years

We won the court case! Zithabiseni quarantine facility (see thread) has to be closed down. Press statement to follow. Dankie aan elke @afriforum -lid.

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NB! There are 107 people in a COVID-19 quarantine facility in Groblersdal. They haven't even been tested and the state told them that they aren't going to get tested, at least for now. AfriForum arranged for a private medical team to go to the facility to test every one...

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2 years

Today I had an interview with a Finnish TV network about the crisis of hate speech and farm murders in South Africa. Increasingly the world is taking note.

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To be offended is not an argument To have pain is not an excuse To be radical is not a compliment To get free stuff is not an achievement

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6 years

This is not about race, we are told. White people aren’t excluded, we are told. Farmers aren’t targeted, we are told. The “progressives” are non-racial, we are told. Then they sing “Kill the Boer, kill the farmer”.

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The man accused of murdering Brendin Horner got bail for R5 000. The two men charged after the incident outside the courtroom had to pay R15 000 each. See the problem here?

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Kneeling during sports games is not about fighting racism. It's about abusing an event to promote a particular ideology. If you want to fight racism or uplift people, don't bend the knee, start a project.

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Mangaung local government lost a court case in which they argued for exclusive right to do garbage removal. Court ruled that the local community can do it themselves and don't need to pay the government for it. If the government doesn't deliver service, they can't demand payment.

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Forcing people who are skeptical about the vaccine to take it against their will, or ridiculing them for their views is not going to make them less skeptical. It will achieve the opposite.

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Bending the knee doesn't make you a hero. It makes you a sheep.

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You don't need to be an economist to know that opening up the market, appointing people based on merit and dropping the race laws would have a massive impact to revitalise the South African economy and increase employment.

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We're in court in Randburg today, where @Julius_S_Malema and @MbuyiseniNdlozi are being prosecuted for assault. @afriforum

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It would've been a good rule if government officials were barred from using private hospitals... you know, to encourage trust in the public health system.

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Imagine a state president hosting a press conference during a global pandemic, stating that government will use this opportunity to promote the interests of a certain race "in the main". You don't have to imagine, because the South African president did exactly that.

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The fact that Bheki Cele uses a police helicopter to travel to ANC meetings and doesn't understand why this is a problem is one more piece of evidence that the ANC government doesn't comprehend the basics of governing.

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3 years

End the lockdown.

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Malema's lawyers in Randburg today are white... again. I guess he "doesn't want a black diamond to shine".

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2 years

It is done.

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Ek het so bietjie met @EvaVlaar vergader en ons gaan 'n paar planne in die mou voer. Groot dinge wat voorlê!

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Can someone please explain how it's possible for Lesufi not to know that his department spent over R400 million on stuff they shouldn't have? He's not the President, not the Minister, he's only in charge of Education in Gauteng. How absent would he like us to believe he is?

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80% of grade 4's in South Africa can't read. By this standard, South Africa is the worst in the world.

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