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Wat sê wat waar is
As die duiwel daar is
Wat doen wat reg is
As die regter weg is
Wat trou by sy gewete bly
As hy straf in plaas van beloning kry.
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@AmerikanerB From the second I heard his voice, I got bad vibes. I remember how he got punted by Roman and I told him same.
1 guy in the DA that is worthy to me is Ian Cameron
The DA told farmers it was their party. Then this happened. 🧵
1/ SA's worst FMD outbreak. All 9 provinces. A national crisis.
A KZN farmer emails the minister — thanking him for vaccines, offering to help coordinate the rollout.
John Steenhuisen's chief of staff Jana le Roux forwards it to the DG and DDG with one line: "for some amusement."
2/ She has no agriculture background. She's a corporate lawyer who followed Steenhuisen from Cape Town city hall into the GNU.
Steenhuisen's response when it went viral? "I requested the person to apologise."
She kept her job.
3/ This is the same ministry that removed veteran FMD expert Dr Danie Odendaal for publicly questioning the vaccine strategy.
Mock the farmers trying to help. Fire the experts trying to fix it.
Then ask for an apology and move on.
This is the DA's "agriculture reset." 🌾
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@jsteenhuisen YOU set the tone, John. She wouldn’t say something like that if the mockery weren’t systemic and coming from you. A fish rots from the head down.
I note an email originating from a ministry staff member.
The email was in bad taste and I have requested the person concerned to apologise to the respective parties.
We must continue to show mutual respect and always act in good faith.
Because it is only through collaboration that we can overcome major obstacles in the sector.
🚨TREASON AGAINST THE BOERE: WE DEMAND ANSWERS FROM TRAITOR MINISTER JOHN STEENHUISEN‼️
John Steenhuisen, the farmers of South Africa are furious, broken and utterly disgusted by your Department’s criminal incompetence and betrayal of the very Boere who keep this nation fed🔥
While our cattle herds are being slaughtered by Foot and Mouth Disease, while families lose everything their farms, savings and futures, your slow, useless, biologically illiterate vaccination rollout is actively destroying us‼️
Vaccinated animals are still dropping like flies because they’re surrounded by oceans of unvaccinated cattle🔥 This is not “challenging circumstances.” This is agricultural treason by a Minister who has sold out the farmers he swore to protect‼️
You secured some vaccines from Turkey, 2 million doses delivered and 14 million more supposedly coming, yet farmers must beg you like dogs for what should be automatic‼️
•Coordinated, time-based vaccination windows at the speed and scale this crisis demands
•Area-based coverage to create real simultaneous immunity across regions
•Repeat vaccinations every six months to actually stop the virus
•Immediate release of all vaccines through the private sector so real farmers can act while your bureaucrats sit on their hands
Minister, the Boere despise you as a traitor‼️ You were meant to be our shield against ANC-style destruction. Instead, you have become the knife in our backs, just another politician putting cadre deployment, delays and excuses above the people who built South African agriculture🔥
We call on the DA to immediately take strong disciplinary action against you for this unforgivable failure‼️
Protect our farmers or get the hell out. Release the vaccines to the private sector today.‼️ Engage directly and urgently with FMD Response SA and implement a strategy that works or resign in disgrace before more Boere families are wiped out🔥
Farmers are not begging anymore, we are warning you to get your act together and put the farmer first Steenhuisen‼️
History will remember you as the Minister who stabbed South Africa’s agricultural backbone in the heart‼️ The Boere are watching and we will not forget this betrayal🔥
🚧UNDER CONSTRUCTION: The R3.2 billion private Afrikaans university in Pretoria East is currently being built on a 220-hectare site, and progress is powering on
They broke ground in January this year, and the first batch of students is expected to be welcomed in January 2028.
The campus includes: learning centres, a library, offices, an amphitheatre, coffee shops, a cafeteria, a student centre, lecture rooms and laboratories. There will also be a student residence housing 750 students.
These facilities will be used by 400 staff members and 2500 students daily.
This is a huge project; during ground earthworks in 2025, they removed 360,000 m3 of soil from the site. The campus infrastructure also includes:
• 40km fibre cables
• 23km of underground water pipes
• 19.3 million litres of water storage
• 30 000m2 tar for roads and parking
See the latest pics of the construction site below.