Thomas van Dalen

Passionate lover of Afrikaans, proud employee and supporter of AfriForum, training specialist, ALS paramedic and crazy in love with my wife.

[AfriForum @afriforum]

.@AfriForum gereed vir hofstryd teen Graaff-Reinet-naamsverandering.

[Kallie Kriel @kalliekriel]

Jý kan ook die Bokkieweek teen kwaadwillige aanvalle ondersteun!

@afriforum het in samewerking met die Bokkieweek ’n spesiale lidmaatskapkategorie geskep waarvan die inkomste aangewend sal word om die Bokkieweek verder uit te bou en te help beskerm.

Jy kan by hierdie kategorie aansluit by die skakel: https://t.co/O87aOJYoeD

Besoek ook https://t.co/nVc30XACuO om jou steun vir die Bokkieweek te wys.

Deel asseblief die boodskap.

[Thomas van Dalen @tommietier]

@woestyn_wolf Is die geel naels 'n voorvereiste?😀

[Thomas van Dalen @tommietier]

@jaynielea Amazing.

[Thomas van Dalen @tommietier]

@Nina_clo Uiteraard, en sy word heeljaar lank ook bederf.

[Thomas van Dalen @tommietier]

@Nina_clo Spog jy of kla jy? 😉

[Renaldo “Ngamla” Gouws 🇿🇦 @RenaldoGouws]

The Minister of Sport and the Premier of Gauteng have condemned an Afrikaner cultural sporting event as being "racist" and celebrating "Apartheid Nostalgia" because the event is only for Afrikaners.

Video Link: https://t.co/a10AXktqmE

[Wanjiru Njoya @WanjiruNjoya]

South Africa kicked white children out of sports. And now they're upset that white people are organizing their own sports tournaments for their own children.

The government thought white children would just sit at home and never play sports again because the government said no.

[Kallie Kriel @kalliekriel]

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

[AfriForum @afriforum]

Kaderontplooiing in Noordwes lei tot R417 miljoen-vermorsing – AfriForum dring aan op ondersoek https://t.co/T3FA57clxu

[Rory Duncan @RoryDuncan1966]

I can no longer be denied that @afriforum is a massive positive force across South Africa that benefits us all. Even the idiots at the back of the class who try everything in their power to smear their good name and clearly great work. Bravo

[Kallie Kriel @kalliekriel]

This confirms yet again that @julius_s_malema belongs in jail and the EFF is, in @afriforum's view, a racketeering enterprise.

[Conscious Caracal 🇿🇦 @ConCaracal]

AfriForum did an in-depth investigation into Julius Malema to conclusively prove that the "Kill the Boer" chant is not just a metaphor, like his defenders and farm murder deniers claim.

https://t.co/fIKRiBOYVX

[Kallie Kriel @kalliekriel]

After repeated escalations went unanswered, the women and men from @afriforum joined forces with residents to repair a trench that had been neglected for three years: Community comes together to repair trench on Mulbarton Road in Robindale | Randburg Sun https://t.co/ZzRoxBVLok

[Thomas van Dalen @tommietier]

@afriforum builds strong communities, regardless of what the state does.

[Newsday @NewsdayZA]

The community in Upington joined forces with Afriforum to restore the historic railway bridge, which was built in 1915.
https://t.co/YjvEVc8QPO

[Maroela Media @maroelamedia]

[Diskoers] Van ʼn geografiese droom na ʼn netwerk van gemeenskappe

Lees hier: https://t.co/aF2KkLt8Vs

@afriforum @tommietier

[Thomas van Dalen @tommietier]

That's how life goes in politics - dog eats dog, or even worse, live by the sword, die by the sword. There's quite a number of idioms I can use as well, but I suspect the above are sufficiently descriptive.

[Renaldo “Ngamla” Gouws 🇿🇦 @RenaldoGouws]

You reap what you sow @jsteenhuisen . When the woke leftist mob and mainstream media demanded the heads of Roman Cabanac and me, you were happy to oblige and threw us under the bus for political expediency.

Now that it happened to you, now it's "betrayal". You allowed this type of environment to thrive in the Democratic Alliance, where outsiders had more of a say than loyal members.

[Thomas van Dalen @tommietier]

Rewarding a naughty child by giving him candy.

[Renaldo “Ngamla” Gouws 🇿🇦 @RenaldoGouws]

It seems the DA got hold of the ANC playbook. After everything he has done as the minister, the DA managed to reward him with a deputy minister position.

This is a very ANC-esque move by a political party that has told us time and time again that they reward their members based on performance. If the ANC had to do this, everyone would be making noise, especially the DA supporters.

How can you perform so poorly as John has and be considered for a deputy minister position, and how is he qualified to be given a deputy minister position for trade, industry and competition?

[Tiaan Esterhuizen @tiaanest]

Hoe harder @PieterDuToit probeer bewys @afriforum verkeerd is, hoe meer lyk dit of hy vergeet om eers seker te maak hy is self reg.

Die probleem wanneer jy desperaat raak om @kalliekriel en AfriForum verkeerd te bewys, is dat jy later begin foute maak wat jy nie eers hoef uit te wys nie.