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[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.

[NORTH WEST TIMES @NorthWesTimes]

JABBA🐐

[Africa Facts Zone @AfricaFactsZone]

Team South Africa finished 4th place globally at the 2026 Spelling Bee World Cup in China 🇨🇳.

[MzansiWayaWaya @NeoMokgele]

@akreana_ @siya6888 Haaikhona mmat, manyora ba Baya were hating on our team, even on main stream media. Ha se yone daaiding.
Daiman o bua nnete hela..
Sho ngwana.

[MzansiWayaWaya @NeoMokgele]

@akreana_ But ke nnete, alot of our homies did not believe in our team. THEY must humble up and give credit were it's due.

[Phumzile Van Damme @zilevandamme]

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South Africa 2
South Korea 0

[Global Statistics @Globalstats11]

Top 25 Friendliest Countries in the World 👫

1. 🇿🇦 South Africa
2. 🇬🇷 Greece
3. 🇭🇷 Croatia
4. 🇲🇽 Mexico
5. 🇸🇪 Sweden
6. 🇦🇺 Australia
7. 🇨🇦 Canada
8. 🇩🇪 Germany
9. 🇪🇪 Estonia
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13. 🇮🇹 Italy
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15. 🇺🇸 United States
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21. 🇦🇹 Austria
22. 🇫🇷 France
23. 🇮🇪 Ireland
24. 🇭🇺 Hungary
25. 🇫🇮 Finland

Source: Remitly, as of last updated till 2024.

[MzansiWayaWaya @NeoMokgele]

@Trevornoah Chiiiiiiill, he did "Nigerian Trump", not Nigerian...let's just have a good chuckle guys!

[MzansiWayaWaya @NeoMokgele]

@BafanaBafana All the best to our Bafana Bafana...make us proud!
💪💚🇿🇦One Team. One Nation🔥

[Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa @S_OkudzetoAblak]

Welcome home, our cherished citizens.

[MzansiWayaWaya @NeoMokgele]

@RamsByTheHorns Dia boa Mo BraRams,Keeping Sabalenka playing backhand is working, if she continues with that and reads Sabalenka serve better she might get that second set. They seem to be both struggling with the first serve., Sabalenka not holding back with her second. A tough encounter this.

[Bafana Bafana @BafanaBafana]

And so it ends in Gqeberha!!! What a game!!!

[MzansiWayaWaya @NeoMokgele]

@BafanaBafana All the best!💪🏿🇿🇦

[Floyd Shivambu @FloydShivambu]

Captain Traoré!

[M.A. Franklin @FoundationDads]

9 rules for raising creative, dangerous kids.

1. Send your children outdoors as much as possible.

Children should experience the joy of discovering a real, climbable tree.

Do not let TV be their supervisor.

Don't weigh children down with busy work and mountains of homework.

[Football Stage @Football__Stage]

2023/24 National ABC Motsepe League Playoffs

CEO of Mangaung Unite (FS) Katlego Makgele says winning promotion to the NFD will bring hope to the people of Mangaung Region.

Full Interview: https://t.co/nKQMgNQ559

[made me smile @mademe__smile]

The right answer to the wrong question

[BABY? BROWN @YoungstaCpt]

BOK FREESTYLE 🐐

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[Africa Facts Zone @AfricaFactsZone]

In Botswana, university students are paid $143 monthly for going to school.

Botswana has Free Education and Healthcare.

It has a low debt burden and high GDP per capita.

It is Africa's longest continuous Democracy with no coups.

It was the world's 2nd poorest country in 1966.

[Africa Facts Zone @AfricaFactsZone]

Botswana has Africa's best Police.

It is Africa's second least corrupt country.

Botswana was the world's strongest emerging market in 2020.

It is Africa's most stable country with no history of political violence or civil wars.