Listen to these promises. Really listen.
"Nobody's going to despise you. Nobody's going to nationalise your house. You'll have the right to use your Afrikaans language. You'll have the right to belong to the Dutch Reformed Church."
That was Thabo Mbeki. Private meeting. Cameras rolling by accident. The ANC's best diplomat telling Afrikaners exactly what they needed to hear to lower the drawbridge.
"There are white heroes, and very many white heroes. African white heroes."
That was also Mbeki. Promising that Afrikaner history would not be erased. That the future would have room for both. That history would be corrected, not replaced.
Thirty-two years later: Afrikaans stripped from universities. Afrikaans schools under siege. Street names erased. Monuments vandalised. A refugee programme to America because the people Mbeki promised would never be despised are now legislated out of the economy by 145 race laws.
"We've got to get white South Africa to understand that they've got a place in this future."
That was the pitch. The product was BEE, cadre deployment, farm murders without a national response, and a government that sings about killing them at rallies.
And notice what the Afrikaners in that room said. They were worried about history being changed too fast. They were worried about the civil service transition. They were talking about managing the shock for their people. They were negotiating in good faith, trying to find the middle ground with men who had already decided there would be no middle.
The Afrikaners in that room gave up a nuclear arsenal, a functioning state, and a military that controlled the subcontinent. They gave it up because they believed the man sitting across from them when he said "nobody's going to despise you."
The naivety was not stupidity. It was decency mistaken for strategy. They projected their own good faith onto people who were running a different game entirely. The ANC did not want to meet in the middle. They wanted the keys. The middle was just the waiting room.
Mbeki promised them a place. The ANC gave them a plane ticket.
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Dr. Groenewald says technical schools and trade schools that were closed by Thabo Mbeki should be reopened.
Woodwork, Agriculture, Home Economics, Plumbing, and Electrical Wiring should be restored in public schools, similar to how they were offered before 1994.
The wildest part about POVERTY is how much time it steals. Waiting for buses. Calling assistance offices. Comparing grocery prices. Fighting insurance. Sitting at laundromats. Being poor is a second job nobody pays you for.
"Where Is the Youth?" Lasizwe Challenges all CEO’s at the FNB Private (Wealth) Event
At FNB’s Private Wealth Series, entrepreneur and media personality Lasizwe Dambuza challenged a room of CEOs, executives and private sector leaders with one question: “Where are the youth in this room?”
During a discussion on South Africa’s economic future, Lasizwe questioned what the private sector is doing to intentionally empower the next generation not only through employment, but by investing in the media space, where culture is shaped, ideas are shared and millions of young South Africans are influenced every day.
“If we’re serious about building South Africa’s future, why aren’t young people in these rooms? And what is the private sector doing to strengthen the media ecosystem that educates, inspires and creates opportunities for the youth?”
His remarks sparked a broader conversation about representation, access and whether South Africa is truly preparing young people to lead or simply expecting them to inherit systems they were never invited to help build.
ICU in private hospitals costs 35k a day.
Unless your medical aid has unlimited cover you’re going to exhaust a million in 28 days.
We need to fix public healthcare! Yho!
Just a reminder to ordinary South Africans 🇿🇦 out there:
We got no choice BUT to stand together and reject tax abuse in South Africa. @sarstax#TaxRevoltSA
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