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Thomas Potgieter's avatar

Pragtig verwoord en goed nagevors

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PIET DU PLESSIS's avatar

I could not help thinking that if you changed "white" with "non-woke (Afrikaner)", and "black-agenda" with "woke-agenda", in the passage below from a recent Forever Yena News post on Facebook, the observations will be pretty much applicable to the kind of tired "dom boer" theory still being pushed by the Super Woke Afrikaners like Tristán Kapp et al.

"It's a familiar, frustrating scene that plays out across our media. Whenever a politician from a white-led party enters a public forum, the atmosphere crackles with intensity. The interviewer transforms into a fierce advocate, armed with sharp questions about the "black agenda," and the audience leans in, demanding answers and accountability for decades of inequality. It’s a performance of righteous anger, and for a moment, it feels like the system is being held to account.

But here’s the sickening part of the show: that same fire, that same demand for justice, almost completely vanishes when the cameras turn to the ANC. The very party that has held power for thirty years, the one whose members have been accused of stealing from hospitals and schools meant for the poor, largely escapes this kind of brutal public interrogation. The "black agenda" suddenly stops being a principle and becomes a weapon, conveniently used only on political outsiders while the alleged insiders get a pass.

This leaves us with a painful, unavoidable question. If we can be so bold and courageous in confronting those we see as outsiders, why does our voice falter when the leader, the one who is supposed to represent us, is the one accused of the betrayal? The real, gut-wrenching silence isn't in the shouted questions, but in the quiet acceptance of corruption from our own. Perhaps true empowerment won't come from winning a debate against an opponent, but from finally finding the courage to demand better from those we elected to be on our side."

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