Unfortunately, News24 once again insults Afrikaners by portraying our culture and cultural events as racist relics of apartheid. Cultural events are entirely normal. In South Africa, there are literally hundreds of cultural gatherings and events held within the country’s various cultural communities. These include, among others, the Zulu Reed Dance, initiation schools, festivals in traditional communities, the Jewish Maccabi sports weeks, Ramadan football tournaments and the Bokkieweek. None of these events is labelled as “black only”. In contrast, those who disrespect the dignity of Afrikaners, such as News24, continue to falsely reduce our culture to the evil concept of white only racism.
AfriForum is proud to support cultural gatherings in the spirit of the constitutional principle of unity in diversity. We do so through cooperation agreements with traditional communities, as well as through AfriForum's sponsorship of the Mark Fish Foundation's football clinics in traditional communities and the Bokkieweek.
News24 is also blatantly lying by labelling the Afrikaans song Die Lied van Jong Suid-Afrika as “the apartheid anthem”. This confirms that News24 does not hesitate to spread falsehoods in order to advance its anti-Afrikaner agenda.
The Bokkieweek also creates a new opportunity for inclusion for young Afrikaners who have been excluded from SARU and other school tournaments due to stringent racial quotas in provincial school sport tournaments that are preoccupied with racial classification.
AfriForum does not organise Bokkieweek. However, for the record, here are my answers to News24 when I was approached for comment:
Dear Prega,
Thank you for your questions. I am happy to respond as follows:
In South Africa, there are literally hundreds of cultural gatherings and events held within the country's various cultural communities. These include amongst others the Zulu Reed Dance, initiation schools, other festivals in traditional communities, the Jewish Maccabi sports weeks, Ramadan football tournaments and the Bokkieweek. None of these events is ever labelled as "black only".
In contrast, Afrikaner culture is insulted and disregarded by those that falsely reduces it to racist or "whites only" events. AfriForum is proud to support cultural gatherings in the spirit of the constitutional principle of unity in diversity. We do so through cooperation agreements with traditional communities, as well as through AfriForum's sponsorship of the Mark Fish Foundation's football clinics in traditional communities and the Bokkieweek.
I also find it offensive that songs which have, over many decades, become part of Afrikaner culture are reduced by some to being apartheid songs and relics.
Afrikaners, like all other communities in the country, have the right to practise and celebrate their culture through cultural events. For this reason, AfriForum and I will continue to promote cultural diversity in this way.
The use of regional names for areas that do not correspond with current provincial boundaries is not an unusual phenomenon.
The Bokkieweek also creates a new opportunity for inclusion for young Afrikaners who have been excluded from SARU and other school tournaments due to stringent racial quotas in provincial school sport tournaments that are preoccupied with racial classification.
Kind regards,
Kallie Kriel
CEO: AfriForum
@Martin_ASFL We have a 35 child orphanage in our small rural NW town. ANC stole the welfare grant.
Solidariteit came in and took it over. Food, clothing, school fees, 2 social workers. No banners. I only found out when us farmers donated food and found their car there. Full rescue takeover.
@randallwcarlson Hi Randall, I’m a big fan of your work!
Though, I do think that posting about yourself in the 3rd person is delegitimising your ideas.
@RomanCabanac The West should figure out how to save itself. It is an important lesson to learn as this situation is likely to repeat in some way or form in the far distant future.
This weekend is voter registration weekend. This means that the IEC will be at every voting station ready to register voters for the upcoming municipal elections.
If you have registered previously and you have not moved since the last municipal election in 2021, then you more than likely don't have to register again, but I suggest you just check your registration status to see if you are still voting in the right area.
There are four methods for you to check your registration and two to register to vote.
1. You can check your registration status by SMS'ing your ID number to 32810
2. You can check your registration status here: https://t.co/bTR7AKlYW1
3. You can register to vote online here: https://t.co/Mo8KMz6KhI
4. You can go to your nearest voting station in person and register to vote. You can see where your nearest Voting Station is here: https://t.co/87vh4EHIGn
I know that many people are frustrated with the state of South Africa and don't even want to bother voting, but this is a right that many people died for. Do the right thing and ensure you are registered to vote and VOTE in the upcoming election to change South Africa for the better.
@HumanProgress Not if you take into account infertility caused by chemicals, pesticides and plastics. Infertility and the resulting demise of populations is certainly not safer nor cleaner in the grand scheme of things.
@Martin_ASFL@Jonathan_Witt No, he has to obey the laws of the country Starlink is operating in. You can't pick and choose which laws suits you, no matter the motive. Surely as a doctor of law you this would make sense to you?
Three decades of systemic racism have had a devastating effect on South Africa’s White population, which has shrunk from 13% in 1994 to just 7% today.
This is what happens when a country not only legalizes but mandates the most extreme form of DEI.
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HELP HIERDIE ENGELE MET HUL NAVORSING TER WILLE VAN DIE TOEKOMS VAN DIGITALE AFRIKAANS!!!
Die Virtuele Instituut vir Afrikaans (VivA) loods tans, in opdrag van die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (SAAWK), 'n nasionale navorsingsprojek om die digitale lewenskragtigheid van Afrikaans te meet. Die projek is gebaseer op die internasionaal erkende Digital Language Vitality Scale (DLV-skaal). Die doel van hierdie ondersoek is om beter te verstaan hoe Afrikaans in digitale ruimtes gebruik word, watter hulpmiddels beskikbaar is en waar verdere ontwikkeling nodig is.
As deel van hierdie projek het ons 'n kort, anonieme aanlyn vraelys ontwikkel wat minder as vyf minute neem om te voltooi. Ons wil u graag versoek om die skakel na hierdie vraelys onder u gebruikers, kliënte, lede of netwerk te versprei, sodat ons 'n breë en verteenwoordigende steekproef kan verkry. Elke 50ste respondent ontvang 'n R300 Takealot-geskenkbewys.
Vraelys-skakel: https://t.co/JJTxSM5FEJ
Waarom is u deelname belangrik?
Dit help om betroubare data oor Afrikaans se digitale gebruik te versamel.
Die resultate sal gebruik word om strategiese taalbeplanning, digitale ontwikkeling en die beleidsrigting vir Afrikaans te ondersteun.
Die bevindings sal in samewerking met die SAAWK wetenskaplik verwerk en gepubliseer word.
Alle data word volledig anoniem, eties en in ooreenstemming met POPIA hanteer.
Ons sal dit baie waardeer indien u die skakel kan versprei via u:
e-posnuusbriewe,
sosialemediaplatforms,
interne kommunikasiekanale, of
webtuiste.
Met die spanning tussen boere en die staat oor die staatsbeheerde Bek-en-Klou-ramp, kom die verskil tussen landbou-organisasies weer skerp na vore: dié wat die staat se belang onder boere bevorder, en dié wat bereid is om die boere se boodskap aan die staat oor te dra