Justin de Swardt of the ANC Youth League Ward 91 in Pretoria (or Tshwane, as he undoubtedly calls it) made a very open and very public appeal to the Afrikaner nation earlier this week. In this he asked the Afrikaner to “reject” the popular singer/actor/author and activist, Steve Hofmeyr, for voicing a public opinion on the political situation in South Africa, which De Swardt regards as racist.
It is of course not the first time that De Swardt comes barking round the corner, foam around the corners of his mouth and screaming and raving as though he belonged here. It is, in fact, not the first time he aims his poisonous little arrows at Hofmeyr and Front National. On 15 April he posted a picture of Hofmeyr with his two sons on Church Square holding a poster of Clive Derby-Lewis, the terminally ill and very frail elderly political prisoner who has been held in prison by the ANC regime for 22 years now. This poster was issued by Front National and carries the logo of the party.
De Swardt must have powers of clairvoyance, because he writes as a heading to the picture: “He is basically telling the kids – It’s ok to kill a black man, its good to kill a communist, civil war is a good idea.” Clairvoyant indeed, because I was standing right next to Hofmeyr at the moment the picture was taken, de Swardt was nowhere near Church Square…how he could possibly know what Hofmeyr was telling the boys is beyond my comprehension! I never heard such a statement. It was an event for the release of Derby-Lewis, nothing to do with black men of white men…But his psychic abilities reveals itself again, as does his racist approach, as you will yet see…bear with me.
In light of the fact that De Swardt already implied Front National and Hofmeyr to share opinions on political matters, as is evident by his 15 April post, and that Front National is one of the organisations representing the interest of the Afrikaner/Boer people, we decided to invite him over for a chat. Hannes Engelbrecht, leader of FN, yesterday afternoon sent this message: “Seeing that Justin de Swardt saw it fit to make an appeal to Afrikaners regarding Steve Hofmeyr, we hereby challenge him to a public debate (preferably on radio or TV) with any of the Front National youth leaders about Hofmeyr, at any time and any venue. It will be an ideal opportunity to make his viewpoints public. Please respond at the soonest so that our media liaison officer can arrange with Afrikaans radio stations whether they will broadcast such a debate”
Lo and behold, within the hour we had our reponse, and a very typical, very predictable ANC response it was:
ANCYL Tshwane Ward 91: Mr Engelbrecht, We have absolutely no interest in engaging in a debate on an individual. The statement issued by the branch addresses racism within the context of Mr Hofmeyr’s statements and is not a statement exclusively about him. We feel that it would be in neither our constituencies interest to engage in such a debate, or any other debate with your organisation. We would however not be opposed to engaging with you on issues of nation building in a productive and constructive manner. Working together we can do more!
Yours sincerely,
ANCYL Ward 91 Communications
I nearly ruined my best pants for the audacity in this letter. But I suppose 20 years of ANC rule makes you become kind of used to this type of arrogance:
1) “…context of Mr Hofmeyr’s statements and is not a statement exclusively about him.” Mr De Swardt, you made a statement addressed at the Afrikaner about a member of that group. We want to talk to you about that, don’t try and do the typical ANC thing of muddling the issue. Our request is crystal clear.
2) “We feel that it would be in neither our constituencies interest to engage in such a debate…” Yep, that is the ANC for you now. You want to tell the Afrikaner which public entities we are allowed to support and who not and then deny us the right to respond. Who do you and your party think you are? Typical ANC mentality, in particular Youth League mentality: Milk the Afrikaner for every cent of tax contribution he can possibly make to fund your KFC meals, but never, ever allow him a response or an opinion. Get one thing very clear this day: The day YOU decide what is in the best interest of the Afrikaner, that is the day that hell will freeze over!
3) “…to engage in such a debate, or any other debate with your organisation.” Thank you for kindly reminding us of the fact that the ANC is not interested in debating with the Afrikaner on matters impacting on the Afrikaner’s viewpoints or wellbeing. We just needed confirmation again.
De Swardt then decided to end off his afternoon by making the following comment on Twitter (just after changing the privacy settings on his Facebook profile, to no avail, we got everything we need!) @ jusdeswardt: Ok before I leave; Front Nasionaal would not have wanted to debate me if I weren’t white and that’s why they won’t get a debate with me.
Again the clairvoyance! How could he possibly know why FN would want to debate with him? And shame, shame, shame on you, Justin, you rabid little racist! For the second time you bring race into it! Where did we ever say we did not wish to debate with a black member of the ANC YL? Whether you are white or black is irrelevant – you are of equal little use to the Afrikaner. But are you implying that a black member of your organisation might not be up to the task of debating us? I certainly hope not, because that will be evidence of your inherent supremacist racism. Shame, shame, shame on you!
Justin de Swardt, in your profile introduction on your Google account you state: “I’m a young South African with a passion for the underdog and a leaning towards the political.”
How could you possibly be on the side of the underdog if you support the oppressive regime of the ANC which keeps young men like yourself out of the economy and the workplace by racist legislation? You support a regime keeping quiet about the genocidal slaughter of the minority group of farmers in our country. How could you possibly claim to defend the underdog if you condone the incarceration of a man who could as well have been your grandfather?
No, the truth is you are simply following ANC behaviour here. Exactly like your president, who has been hiding away from Parliament, which we pay him an outrageous salary for attending, just to avoid answering questions by the opposition, you also cowardly hide away from defending your bigmouthed statements in an open debate with an upstanding Boerseun. You are basically peeing in your pants at the very thought of that, aren’t you?
I notice that you are an actor of profession. You play a lead role in the stage performance of “Free Range Chickens” which is described as “A black comedy.”
Two very unfortunate ironies here, wouldn’t you say: On stage and off stage in your political aspirations you are both part of a black comedy…
And then of course, as you have made so evident yesterday, you will be very good at playing the part of a chicken… you don’t need much rehearsal for that, I expect, Comrade…
Pêêêêk-pêk-pêk-pêk-pêêk!
Little Justin just laid an egg!!!!
By Daniel Lötter (Front National)
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