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South Africa's unacceptable levels of crime & violence have been hijacked by bad actors on both the right and left. Facts that honest commentators need to keep in mind 👇
1⃣ There is no white genocide. Violent crime disproportionately affects black South Africans.
Good piece of journalism by Joan Swart, which highlights in granular detail how utter lacking in cohesive strategy the ANC regime has been when it comes to fuel security. Just like electricity, water, railways, migration . . .
It all boils down to a large section of South African society who simply do not understand the concepts of foresight, diligence and accountability.
businessday.co.za/opinion/20…
Chief Whip retweeted
A few notes on the Cape wine industry and its slavery roots.
Did you know that prominent Afrikaners like Christo Wiese, Michael Jordaan, and the Rupert family own historic wine farms built on the back of slave labour?
The loss of slave labour and disputes over compensation from the British government angered many Boer farmers, leading directly to the start of the Great Trek in 1835.
[There is a willful ignorance among most Afrikaners about the horrific legacy of their ancestors.]
But the British are not innocent. Companies like Thomson, Watson and Co made large profits by processing slave owners' claims after abolition in 1934. Those profits were plowed back into Cape Town real estate, benefitting some of their descendants to this day.
But history (and economics) are never neat black and white dichotomies:
1) Without the expertise of European colonists a vibrant wine industry that employs ~300,000 (directly and indirectly) would not exist.
2) The Dutch did not create the slavery networks that brought slaves to the Cape. They leveraged longstanding networks:
- Arab-Swahili traders (East Africa/Madagascar)
- West African kingdoms
- Local Indian merchants (Bay of Bengal)
- Bugis/Makassar Rulers & Balinese Kings (Batavia / Indonesia)
99% of the slaves that ended up at the Cape were first enslaved by their own people.
And in the Western Cape 2026 we have Eurotrash and Apartheid economic criminals gentrinaaing the place so that they can drink cocktails with a view for a few weeks a year.
A few notes on the Cape wine industry and its slavery roots.
Did you know that prominent Afrikaners like Christo Wiese, Michael Jordaan, and the Rupert family own historic wine farms built on the back of slave labour?
The loss of slave labour and disputes over compensation from the British government angered many Boer farmers, leading directly to the start of the Great Trek in 1835.
[There is a willful ignorance among most Afrikaners about the horrific legacy of their ancestors.]
But the British are not innocent. Companies like Thomson, Watson and Co made large profits by processing slave owners' claims after abolition in 1934. Those profits were plowed back into Cape Town real estate, benefitting some of their descendants to this day.
But history (and economics) are never neat black and white dichotomies:
1) Without the expertise of European colonists a vibrant wine industry that employs ~300,000 (directly and indirectly) would not exist.
2) The Dutch did not create the slavery networks that brought slaves to the Cape. They leveraged longstanding networks:
- Arab-Swahili traders (East Africa/Madagascar)
- West African kingdoms
- Local Indian merchants (Bay of Bengal)
- Bugis/Makassar Rulers & Balinese Kings (Batavia / Indonesia)
99% of the slaves that ended up at the Cape were first enslaved by their own people.
Read the Guardian article:
theguardian.com/world/2026/o…
Too stupid to recognize a parody account, but fancies himself a macher.
One of Apartheid's most insidious legacies is lower-class whites that are completely delusional about where they fit into the social hierarchy.
SAPS needs an evidence-analysing AI like yesterday.
inc.com/aaron-mok/this-start…
Robert Guest, deputy editor at The Economist may be addressing French riots in his newsletter, but his ''magic money tree" warning applies equally to South African pseudo-economists that want hold the Treasury & SARB responsible for employment rates and unlimited infrastructure spending.
Vote for your favourite South African insect.
entsocsa.co.za/mzansi-insect…
This German POS only died a few months ago. Should have hanged. His story highlights two important apartheid points that are often swept under the carpet:
(1) The ignorance/naivete of the apartheid regime (technically proficient, but hugely lacking in long-term strategic insights). Their Afriforum successors display the same dichotomy today.
(2) A LOT of apartheid-era malfeasance has links with Switzerland. It is hugely underestimated how many National Party apparatchiks smuggled forex into Swiss bank accounts.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieter…
Looks more like a correction of the explosion in nonsense degrees since the early 1990s.
The number of people writing dissertations in the humanities has collapses, now the same thing is happening in the social sciences.
I'd wager that we will see a similar trend in psychology and other fields before long. Cuts in funding, the tight academic job market, and AI are rapidly changing the university and cratering graduate programs.
"Pensions are the largest component of French public spending, which at 57% of GDP is the highest in the G7. Taxes are growth-crushingly high." via @TheEconomist
Retirement ages need to adjust to longer lifespans. It is unconscionable that younger generations finance lazy pensioners to the detriment of themselves.
Mafia state.
17 court orders later, Intercape buses are still being shot at while authorities apparently look the other way. CEO Johann Ferreira speaks out on taxi cartels, state inaction and the cost of lawlessness.
fm.co.za/art_01a11fb1da87796…
How do you want to police social media if you can't even get the basics right?
1) Main instigators of the July 2021 riots are walking free.
2) South African Human Rights Commission is not fit for purpose: biased, incompetent and incredibly lazy.
3) Any social media restrictions will face massive Constitutional pushback.
4) The Aus. & UK bans are perfomative since children easily circumvent them.
5) Ever heard of VPNs and throwaway accounts?
Ramaphosa mulls social media restrictions at press freedom event
brnw.ch/21x6xjj
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Balanced and thoughtful examination of a contentious topic: the question of the outcome of the fighting around Cuito Cuanavale in 1987/88.
Venter, correctly in my view, sees it as a stalemate that has seen its historical significance overplayed beyond its actual outcome.
Few episodes in South Africa’s military history remain as contested as the fighting at Cuito Cuanavale. Nearly four decades later, the campaign is still described in markedly different terms.
defenceweb.co.za/military-hi…
Not a single African university.
The decline of South Africa's tertiary institutions is a tragedy that the whole country, but especially young people will pay for in a world that is changing at lightning speed.
UK startups raised $6 billion in funding in Q3 2026.
In contrast, South African startups managed only $335.9 million over a whole year (2025).
Rule of law, infrastructure, STEM education, and business friendly policies matter.
