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This statement is not just historically illiterate, it’s morally bankrupt and lacks any empathy nor understanding.
Apartheid was not mere discomfort, because this is what you’re equating it to. It was not just hurt feelings. It was “losing a job opportunity”. It was systemic, brutal dehumanisation written into law and enforced with the utmost brutality.
Let’s go through some facts to remind you what actual persecution looks like even though I still know for a fact you will find a way to deny these:
The architect of apartheid, Hendrik Verwoerd, said:
“What is the use of teaching the Bantu child mathematics when it cannot use it in practice?”
That was not some throwaway remark. That was the Bantu Education Act in action. It was an entire schooling system designed to keep Black South Africans subservient and economically crippled. Something that has ripple effects to this very day.
Let’s talk about Sharpeville: 69 unarmed Black protestors shot in the back by police.
Let’s talk about the Soweto Uprising: Children killed by the state for protesting being forced to learn in Afrikaans. (Where is the Camps Bay uprising where kids were being forced to learn isiXhosa?)
Let’s talk about forced removals: Over 3.5 million people evicted from their homes because their skin wasn’t the right colour for the area.
Let’s talk about the Pass Laws: A criminal offence to exist in your own country without a permit, your freedom determined by a piece of paper
Let’s talk about voting rights: A white minority dictating the lives of the Black majority who weren’t even allowed to choose their leaders.
Let’s talk about land ownership: Black people were legally barred from owning land in 87% of the country.
Let’s talk about legally sanctioned torture and murder: Activists beaten, tortured, hanged, or made to disappear. My grandfather was one of them, tortured until he suffered a stroke and died. No trial.
Under apartheid, Black South Africans were not second-class citizens. We were not citizens at all. We were an inconvenience to be moved, controlled or eliminated.
Let’s contrast that with what you call “persecution” today: policies that seek to correct generations of deliberate exclusion. Efforts to broaden access to education, opportunity, and land not to harm you, but to repair what was broken.
You confuse equality with persecution because you’ve never had to live without privilege. You call transformation oppression because the playing field is finally being levelled and even that feels unbearable to you.
What you are calling “persecution” is people finally getting a seat at a table that was built on top of them.
If fairness feels like persecution to you, it says more about your comfort with injustice than it does about transformation.
Springboks vs Italy stand tickets range from R1250 to R3000 (only a handful were under R500), while the Nedbank Cup final between the 2 giants Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates costs just R150 - a gap of up to 10x.
This isn’t just about sports; it’s a stark reflection of South Africa’s persistent racial and economic divides. Rugby, predominantly followed by white fans, remains a luxury many can’t afford, while football, the heartbeat of black communities, is at that price point.
It is disheartening that even our shared love for sports is fractured by privilege and access. Yet, there’s hope - we must keep pushing for a South Africa where every fan, no matter their background, can cheer from the stands without breaking the bank 🇿🇦
Awuuu MaCele said MaYeni paid nje, laba ke bona bowu 2 bathini? It’s actually funny that the other wives can make comments ngo MaYeni, yet yena kuthiwa u bitter if she mentions them. #Uthandonesthembu
These were forced removals of Africans by Afrikaners from the land they now claim to have a right to.
Expropriation of land without compensation is justice.
They want fair compensation for stolen property? That’s rubbish.
We must implement forced removals, if needs be.
Rassie is a great reminder of what real leadership looks like. When everyone else was ready to write Mannie off, he stuck by him, gave him another shot, and took the pressure off his kicking. Now, we’re watching Mannie play some beautiful rugby, totally owning the game. #RSAvARG