Got this feedback from our interview on Fox News about our current immigration crisis… this morning at 3am I’ll be on Sky News Australia 🙏🏻🇿🇦 Until we win
I kinda don’t want to let this go until I hear from Spur and know she’s been recognised. She’s saving to study medicine. I want people to go there and say, “I want Tebogo. Here’s a big tip. Now please be my doctor.” @SpurRestaurant
A Gentle Reminder:
Presidents, Ministers, Members of Parliament, Councillors and all public representatives are your servants. They exist solely to represent your interests as citizens. We are your “leaders” simply because you elected us to be in positions of authority. Truth of the matter is, the ultimate leaders in a society are the people.
The people delegate their power to a few to be in decision making bodies like Municipal Councils and Parliament. That doesn’t change the fact that the people in these positions are given power by the people and must exercise that public power in a manner that advances the interests of the people and must always be answerable to the public.
When we go to the elections in November, remember to vote for your SERVANTS. Do not vote for BOSSES that do not sympathise with your struggles and view something as a problem only when it affects them personally.
The Lies
They accuse us of being genocidal
They accuse us of being xenophobic
Our victories are their worst nightmares
And still we sing Nkos’ Sikelela iAfrica
A prayer by RSA for the African continent
We are a loving people
We are a resilient nation
Our glass is always half-full
I’m proud to be South African 🇿🇦
🇿🇦🇷🇼 “Take responsibility and stop sending your people illegally to SA and then blame SA”. ~ Rwanda minister of foreign affairs, Olivier Jean Patrick Nduhungirehe, tells African countries.
I voted for Gayton McKenzie (& the PA) because he seemed to be doing good, impactful work in the Karoo. He posted his work regularly - like Dr Nasiphi Moya is doing currently in Tshwane.
I had hope that he would do more community-level work with greater power in parliament. I gave him one vote & gave ActionSA one vote.
After the elections, McKenzie became imbongi (a praise singer) & a vocal defender of Cyril Ramaphosa & the ANC.
He has gone back on his promises & today even speaks ill of ordinary SAns crying out about illegal foreigners, after he jumped & screamed "abaHambe" on stage.
If I supported Ramaphosa the way he does, I could've voted for the ANC, but I didn't. The ANC is corrupt, hates SAns & Ramaphosa is the worst president the country has had.
I'm very disappointed in Gayton McKenzie. I'm very disappointed in the PA.
At the time, it seemed like a good decision to vote for Gayton based on his work & where he said he wanted to put in necessary work. He's done a 180 since joining parliament & becoming a minister.
I'm sorry for voting for the PA & giving them power. I will not vote for them again. 🙏🏽
Now... we hold our breath to see if/when ActionSA will also disappoint us... coz seemingly all politicians serve their funders & not their voters nor ordinary SAns.
South Africans are in kak. We need non-racial "Afriforums" run by ppl like Vuyo Zungula, Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma & Dr Nasiphi Moya. Inde lendlela ✊🏽
Let me educate you not with anger, but with truth. You assume South Africans lack exposure. You assume we believe other African countries are poor and undeveloped. That is not the case. We know the reality. We know Nigeria has oil. We know Ghana has gold. We know Kenya has tech. We know Botswana has diamonds. We know Zambia has copper. We know Zimbabwe has platinum and lithium. We know the DRC sits on $24 trillion in minerals. We know Africa is rich.
But here is what you do not understand, wealth beneath the ground does not translate to prosperity above it. You can have all the minerals in the world but if your leaders steal, your constitutions hostile towards humans rights, if your institutions are corrupt, if your people are divided by tribe, if your healthcare collapses, if your schools crumble, if your youth flee then you are poor. Not in resources. In governance. In accountability. In dignity.
We do not look down on Africa. We look at the mirror Africa refuses to face. We see our own flaws corruption, unemployment, crime and we fight them. We protest. We vote. We demand better. That is what makes us different. We do not run. We stay. We build. We hold our leaders accountable, even when it hurts.
You say we lack exposure. But we see you. We see your leaders flying overseas to get treated, some in our country to get medical treatment, while your children starve. We see your ports exporting raw minerals while your people have no jobs. We are not blind. We are not ignorant. We are honest.
The difference between South Africa and many other African countries is not wealth. It is the willingness to confront failure. We own ours. You run from yours. That is not a lack of exposure. That is a lack of accountability. And until you fix that, no mineral, no resource, no tweet will save you. Go home. Fix your house. Then talk to us about exposure.
Dear @GaytonMcK
A Member of March and March Teresa Nortje who is also a leader of the Patriotic Alliance, was kicked on the streets like a dog by foreign nationals and opened a case that is still currently pending… You Gayton didn’t say a single thing, you offered her no support nor did anyone from the PA! Teresa has suffered death threats and had a gun pulled out for her by foreign nationals and you did not even bother yourself with defending her??Now you are claiming March and March said they will be violent on the 30th? When did you ever hear us say anything about violence? Because it’s you as government that are the fearmongers?
We have Marches EVERYDAY, what would stop us from being violent if that is our intention? We get that you are enjoying being in power but you must never think being in power makes one invisible and must ignore the cries of the very people that put him there! We have enjoyed a very good relationship with the PA so far and I’m not sure what is going on with you but whatever it is must not distort who we are as March and March and ride a wave of calling us and labelling us what we are not! If you fear violence so much then why do you no longer speak about the violence South Africans suffer at the hands of foreign nationals? You are nowhere to be found even to support the likes of Mazwi or children dying from Spaza shops poisoning or those who die at the hands of drugs? Or children who are trafficked or kidnapped? Why have you changed from the person who promised to fight for the people against foreign nationals?? Being in Parliament doesn’t mean you are there to just agree with everything the President says even if it goes against what you promised the people!!!
Nonetheless we remain on cause to defend South Africa and South Africans who are suffering in their country due to the influx of millions of unknown, illegal and undocumented people who are in this country making us feel unsafe in our own country. We wish you all the best as the Minister!