Luke McKinner

''I don't support free speech, I support factual speech.''

/ Centre-Left
/ Southern African
/ Patriot 🇿🇦

[Luke McKinner @LukeMcKinner]

We,the people of South Africa,
Recognise the injustices of our past;
Honour those who suffered for justice and freedom in our land;
Respect those who have worked to build and develop our country;and
Believe that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, united in our diversity.

[Derek Hanekom @Derek_Hanekom]

Do the honorable thing, Ambassador: pack your bags and go back to your country. Go and support your President who is so cruelly called a pedophile. You surely don't want to stay on in this country with all this racial discrimination. Do you?

[sandile swana @sandileswana]

A large group of prominent Afrikaner intellectuals, writers, academics, and business leaders have publicly rejected US President Donald Trump’s allegations of a "white genocide" and systemic persecution in South Africa.

To counter these narratives, the group published a prominent open letter titled "Not in Our Name", which was formally sent to the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

Key Arguments Made by Afrikaner Intellectuals
No Existential Threat:

The authors explicitly stated that white Afrikaners do not face an existential threat or systematic, state-sponsored persecution.

They highlighted that Afrikaners continue to be highly visible and successful across South African business, sports, and political sectors.

Distortion of Reality: They argued that portraying white South Africans as victims of a humanitarian emergency distorts the everyday reality of the country and severely damages social and political relationships built since the end of apartheid.

Rejection of Racialized Worldviews: Signatories warned that elevating white suffering over the struggles of other South Africans reinforces a harmful, racialized worldview.

Broader Context and Disagreement

While right-wing organizations and lobby groups have previously campaigned globally regarding farm attacks, even key conservative figures within South Africa have walked back the "genocide" terminology. For example, Jaco Kleynhans, a senior official of the Afrikaner lobby group Solidarity, stated directly to US officials that "there's no genocide and there's no government seizures [of land]".

Independent analysts, a South African judge, and official crime statistics released by the Ministry of Police further corroborate that violent crime in South Africa does not disproportionately target victims based on race; the vast majority of violent crime victims in the country are Black.

[Luke McKinner @LukeMcKinner]

@absurdityZA @sandileswana So the gov should drop everything and attend to 40 MURDERS A YEAR happening on farms??? Where most are actually just BLACK FARM WORKERS killed???
40 out of 27 THOUSAND???!!!!

And the day you people can come with a better solution to end racial inequality, is the day AA will end.

[Luke McKinner @LukeMcKinner]

@PieterDuToit Exactly.

I think what we need to accept is that we are dealing with an ACTUAL White supremacist government.

We are avoiding saying this, and this is what is frustrating our approach to all of this.

The sooner we accept this, the better we know how to approach this.

[Pieter Du Toit @PieterDuToit]

Roelf Meyer tells News24 that South Africa will continue to engage the US government, but Emsie Ferreira reports that American diplomatic behaviour is erratic, making talks difficult.
https://t.co/FWVay0ikOG

[Ashraf Garda Champion South Africa @AshrafGarda]

“Dialogue has run its course”- so what’s your role as US Ambassador to South Africa?

[Luke McKinner @LukeMcKinner]

@Squirrel1980021 @News24 And you think rectifying Apartheid suffering is negotiable 🤣

[Luke McKinner @LukeMcKinner]

@ori0n7 @News24 Come up with a solution to the previous racial discrimination that resulted in MILLIONS of BLACK, INDIAN AND COLOUREDS being denied employment, votes, and a right to freedom FIRST!
THEN we can discuss properly

[Luke McKinner @LukeMcKinner]

The amount of privileged middle class Whites crying in the replies talking about being oppressed has to be some mass hysteria

[Daily Maverick @dailymaverick]

‘Respect our sovereignty’ — SA responds to latest US sanctions https://t.co/3lGHeqjcrf

[Luke McKinner @LukeMcKinner]

@_Kermit55 @dailymaverick What did those "minorities" do to deserve this supposed "racial targeting"

[Luke McKinner @LukeMcKinner]

@SPZA888 @dailymaverick Oppressing minorities?

Please enlighten me how someone who has NEVER BEEN OPPRESSED IN THEIR ENITRE HISTORY is being oppressed now???

[Luke McKinner @LukeMcKinner]

@LLB_hard82389 @dailymaverick Yes, because South Africa follows international law and has to abide by those laws.

Unfortunately for you, that does not apply to racist Trump demands. He can VOETSEK.

[Luke McKinner @LukeMcKinner]

@dailymaverick South Africa needs to stop this now, and just accept what Trump is.

Trump is a White nationalist. He doesn't care about anything other than forcing formerly oppressed governments and people, to not hold White racists accountable for the actions they did in the past.

[Luke McKinner @LukeMcKinner]

South Africa needs to put out a statement declaring or rather acknowledging that the administration in the White House is a White nationalist one.

Accepting this will bring us peace, denying this will only frustrate us.

@CyrilRamaphosa @RonaldLamola @DIRCO_ZA @Chrispin_JPhiri

[Luke McKinner @LukeMcKinner]

@NicFerreir @AfrikanersVirSA The fact that you have no idea what the difference between South Africa now and Apartheid is why you are here.

South Africa is not under Apartheid. If it was, you would know, trust me.

[Afrikaners vir SA @AfrikanersVirSA]

The real question is whether South Africa should allow a foreign power to pressure its government into disregarding a judicial outcome that our highest court left standing.
Those claiming that property owners’ rights have already been sacrificed under the Expropriation Act should provide concrete examples. Which owners have had their property seized arbitrarily? Who has been denied due process, just and equitable compensation, or access to the courts? Assertions are not evidence.
The double standard is stark. Why is it unacceptable for South African legislation to be tested in our independent courts, while Washington continues to support Israel amid documented forced displacement, deadly settler violence and the seizure of Palestinian land? South Africa is branded a land-grabber for adopting a law subject to judicial review, while actual violent dispossession in the occupied Palestinian territories attracts no comparable punishment.

[Afrikaners vir SA @AfrikanersVirSA]

AfSA STATEMENT ON US VISA RESTRICTIONS AGAINST SOUTH AFRICANS

A serious escalation

The new US visa restrictions escalate a dispute that has moved from criticism and aid cuts to now targeting individuals. The American embassy in South Africa issued the needlessly belligerent warning that the new directive is "the first step in a series of escalatory measures". This amounts to pressure to change South Africa's laws, court outcomes, and foreign policy.
Some Afrikaner organisations have applauded the directive, but they don't speak for all Afrikaners – and on social media their stance has fuelled hostility toward the whole Afrikaner community. The actions of a few should not stigmatise an entire group.

Our courts decide – not foreign governments

South Africa is a constitutional democracy with an independent judiciary. The "Kill the Boer" chant is inflammatory and harmful to reconciliation. But our courts found it to be protected political expression rather than incitement – a conclusion the Constitutional Court left undisturbed. The ANC has banned the song at its own gatherings, but President Cyril Ramaphosa cannot overturn a judicial ruling just because a foreign president demands it.

The Expropriation Act permits nil compensation only in narrow, just-and-equitable circumstances, with full recourse to the courts, and it's being challenged judicially right now. Constitutional disputes belong in court, not in foreign executive orders.

Race-based laws – a debate for South Africans

BEE’s effectiveness and vulnerability to abuse and elite enrichment must be debated. But it is constitutionally permitted and intended to address apartheid’s continuing economic consequences. That debate belongs to South Africans.

There's no credible evidence South Africa has more race-based laws than any other country. The oft-cited index counts any law where race is legally relevant, regardless of purpose, including defunct pre-1994 statutes. Equating remedial measures with apartheid-era domination laws is misleading.

Farm violence is part of a national crisis

Attacks on farmers and rural communities are horrific, leaving families with grief and trauma that must never be dismissed. Victims deserve compassion and justice.

But their pain shouldn't be exploited to push an unsupported narrative of state-sponsored racial persecution. Violence touches every community – its heaviest burden falls on poor, predominantly black areas where murder, robbery and gang violence are daily realities. Recognising the broader crisis does not minimise the horror of farm attacks; it places them within South Africa’s wider failure to protect its people, rather than a racially targeted campaign.

Foreign-policy double standards

Washington invokes property rights in South Africa while backing Israel despite documented displacement and seizure of Palestinian property. It demands distance from Iran while courting its own rivals when convenient. Non-alignment is not obedience.

Engagement, not submission

South Africa should stay open to engagement with the US. But our laws are tested in our courts, our disputes resolved democratically, and our foreign policy is set by South Africans – not by foreign governments.

[Luke McKinner @LukeMcKinner]

Perfectly said.

[Afrikaners vir SA @AfrikanersVirSA]

AfSA STATEMENT ON US VISA RESTRICTIONS AGAINST SOUTH AFRICANS

A serious escalation

The new US visa restrictions escalate a dispute that has moved from criticism and aid cuts to now targeting individuals. The American embassy in South Africa issued the needlessly belligerent warning that the new directive is "the first step in a series of escalatory measures". This amounts to pressure to change South Africa's laws, court outcomes, and foreign policy.
Some Afrikaner organisations have applauded the directive, but they don't speak for all Afrikaners – and on social media their stance has fuelled hostility toward the whole Afrikaner community. The actions of a few should not stigmatise an entire group.

Our courts decide – not foreign governments

South Africa is a constitutional democracy with an independent judiciary. The "Kill the Boer" chant is inflammatory and harmful to reconciliation. But our courts found it to be protected political expression rather than incitement – a conclusion the Constitutional Court left undisturbed. The ANC has banned the song at its own gatherings, but President Cyril Ramaphosa cannot overturn a judicial ruling just because a foreign president demands it.

The Expropriation Act permits nil compensation only in narrow, just-and-equitable circumstances, with full recourse to the courts, and it's being challenged judicially right now. Constitutional disputes belong in court, not in foreign executive orders.

Race-based laws – a debate for South Africans

BEE’s effectiveness and vulnerability to abuse and elite enrichment must be debated. But it is constitutionally permitted and intended to address apartheid’s continuing economic consequences. That debate belongs to South Africans.

There's no credible evidence South Africa has more race-based laws than any other country. The oft-cited index counts any law where race is legally relevant, regardless of purpose, including defunct pre-1994 statutes. Equating remedial measures with apartheid-era domination laws is misleading.

Farm violence is part of a national crisis

Attacks on farmers and rural communities are horrific, leaving families with grief and trauma that must never be dismissed. Victims deserve compassion and justice.

But their pain shouldn't be exploited to push an unsupported narrative of state-sponsored racial persecution. Violence touches every community – its heaviest burden falls on poor, predominantly black areas where murder, robbery and gang violence are daily realities. Recognising the broader crisis does not minimise the horror of farm attacks; it places them within South Africa’s wider failure to protect its people, rather than a racially targeted campaign.

Foreign-policy double standards

Washington invokes property rights in South Africa while backing Israel despite documented displacement and seizure of Palestinian property. It demands distance from Iran while courting its own rivals when convenient. Non-alignment is not obedience.

Engagement, not submission

South Africa should stay open to engagement with the US. But our laws are tested in our courts, our disputes resolved democratically, and our foreign policy is set by South Africans – not by foreign governments.

[Luke McKinner @LukeMcKinner]

@brucekrit @SolidariDirk Come with a solution that will end the racial inequality caused by the policies of those 7% in the past, then we can have a discussion

[Luke McKinner @LukeMcKinner]

@StarDus08690578 @ErnstRoets Let me DA implement BEE, and it will work. Simple