Report to GenocideWatch.Org: Overview of South Africa’s driving ideology behind genocide risk: Organizations to watch out for
- The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
- COSATU and black trade unions
- The African National Congress (ANC)
Increasing violent social unrest: The significance of the 2012 Western Cape farmworker riots:
There are several anti-white organizations active in South Africa and they all adhere to some version of the National Democratic Revolution (NDR). The NDR, in
its simplest sense, is a Leninist ideology that views SA-whites as imperialist colonisers and blacks as the
exploited local population. In light of SA's Apartheid-history, whites' property is seen as illegitimately
acquired (the colonizers vs colonised paradigm) and therefore needs to be redistributed to blacks. To
motivate this strive, proponents of the NDR constantly vilifies whites in various ways with regard to
Apartheid. Ultimately, whites are seen as trespassers on African soil.
In practice, this ideology has many manifestations. To name a few... Julius Malema and his political party,
the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) campaigns for the Zimbabwe-style seizure of white-owned
farmland as well as the nationalisation of mines and banks. Tony Ehrenreich, regional secretary of the
Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) accused Western Cape farmers of mistreating their
workers and committing "Apartheid-style practices" on their farms. The ruling African National Congress is
attempting to pass a host of laws and policies that target whites' property. (References and additional
detail for this paragraph later on...)
The following articles describe the NDR in detail...
http://www.fwdeklerk.org/cause_data/images/2137/13_05_31_Hakunamatata_Speech.pdf
http://sairr.org.za/sairr-today-1/research-and-policy-brief-revealing-the-master-plan-what-the-anc-has-in-
store-for-south-africa-28th-september-2011
http://sairr.org.za/sairr-today-1/research-and-policy-brief-the-national-democratic-revolution-ndr-its-
origins-and-implications-31st-may-2012
http://www.sairr.org.za/sairr-today-1/research-and-policy-brief-ndr-the-cornerstone-of-any-policy-analysis-
of-south-africa-17th-august-2010
Organizations to watch out for:
All of the following anti-white organizations adhere to the NDR-ideology.
-- The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
The EFF needs no introduction to you, so I'll be brief. As you know, the EFF is Julius Malema’s political
party, they campaign for the seizure of white-owned farmland and the nationalization of mines and banks
and their policies appeal to the black youth in South Africa.
Their radicalism finds appeal primarily because of continuing poverty and unemployment among blacks
(due the governments' failure to address these problems) alongside whites' relative more economically
prosperous position.
-- COSATU and black trade unions
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is a trade union as well as sort of an umbrella-organization for trade unions. COSATU is also one of the governing African National Congress's (ANC)
alliance partners. COSATU (and black trade unions in SA in general) do not hesitate to resort to violence when their demands are not met. Also, they are generally anti-white and adhere to NDR-thinking. I'll
illustrate with some practical examples and citations...
-- In 2010, a countrywide strike among SA's public service workers occurred. Quoting the South African
Institute of Race Relations provides more than enough detail of the kind of violence trade unions are willing to go to :
-- A three-week strike among the country’s 1.3m public servants began on 18th August 2010. It was
marred by intimidation, the forced closure of schools and hospitals, attacks on non-striking staff, and the
deaths of at least six patients deprived of medical care.
When the strike began (over differences of often less than R100 a month between pay demands and the
Government’s offer), more than 50 premature babies were left unattended at Gauteng hospitals
when nurses were forced to abandon their posts. Women in labour were barred from a maternity hospital
in the province, while thousands of patients were excluded from hospitals and prevented from receiving
AIDS and TB medication.
In one hospital striking workers stormed an operating theatre, where an 80-year-old man had
already been anaesthetised in preparation for surgery, and forced out most staff. In others, nurses,
dispensary workers, and kitchen staff were assaulted, while ambulance drivers were turned away and
linen was torched.
A few days after the strike began, the Labour Court in Johannesburg issued an interdict
prohibiting intimidation or assault of non-striking workers, but the order was largely ignored. Many nurses
were threatened with death if they came to work, while volunteers who came to help at hospitals were
threatened and some were assaulted. Three non-striking nurses were also attacked: one was stabbed
and another was beaten very badly, while a third had her home petrol-bombed.
At public schools, the number of teachers out on strike rose to about 120 000 out of 360 000,
affecting thousands of schools around the country. ‘Any school that remains open is declaring war on
1.3m people’, said Mr Ronald Nyathi, Gauteng spokesman for the South African Democratic Teachers’
Union (Sadtu). ‘We will crush you because we are many,’ he added. In Scottburgh (KwaZulu-Natal) a mob
wearing Cosatu T-shirts used knobkieries to beat up matric pupils, while in Boksburg (Ekurhuleni) striking
teachers severely beat a pupil outside her school. Many schools were forced to close in the face of threats to burn them down or set teachers’ cars alight.
(search the document for the heading “Violence during strikes”)
http://sairr.org.za/services/publications/the-rainbow-index/Rainbow%20index%202010-2011%20single
%20document%20single%20cover.pdf/at_download/file
The trade unions National Union of Mineworkers (Num) and National Union of Metalworkers of South
Africa (Numsa) have voiced anti-white NDR-ideology in 2011 and 2012 respectively when they both called
for the nationalisation of mines and banks.
http://www.fin24.com/Economy/Numsa-Nationalise-mines-banks-20120522
http://www.fin24.com/Companies/Mining/Num-People-must-benefit-from-minerals-20111114
Late in 2012, COSATU sanctioned and incited the farmworker-riots in the Western Cape. Tony Ehrenreich
also accused farmers (who are mostly white) of "Apartheid practices" on their farms.
http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page71619?
oid=356069&sn=Detail&pid=71619
The violence black trade unions are prepared to go to and their support for the NDR is a dangerous
combination. I have to urge you to keep watch on them as closely as you watch Julius Malema, because
they are no less dangerous.
The African National Congress (ANC)
The ANC is SA's ruling party and one of the foremost proponents of the NDR. The main threat they pose,
is not violence, but implementing the NDR via ever-tightening racially discriminative draconian laws and
bureaucracy. The articles I linked to under the section about the National Democratic Revolution
describes the nature of this ever-increasing stranglehold in detail.
Also betraying the ANC's sentiments is the facts (known to you) that they sang "Kill the Boer" themselves
until agreeing (under pressure following the long saga surrounding the song) to not sing it anymore.
Increasing violent social unrest
Violent protest action in SA have skyrocketed in recent years. The so-called “service-delivery protests”
have increased from 10 major incidents in 2004 to 173 in 2012. These protests are often against local
councillors, rather than against inefficient service delivery. These protests are indicative of the increasing
discontent against the ANC government.
http://www.municipaliq.co.za/publications/press/201301170823583255.doc
These protests are characteristic in their violence. A prime example of the violent nature of these protests
can be seen in a protest that took place during January 2013 in Sasolburg. Here are a few news-reports
describing the riots...
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Sasolburg-protesters-run-amok-loot-shops-20130120
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Sasolburg-protest-deaths-rise-to-4-20130124
http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-01-23-blood-smoke-and-tears-zamdelas-
burning#.UhznE9LItWA
Additionally, strike action in SA is also remarkably violent (as noted above) and this violence seems to be
increasing. A significant indicator of this is the fact that the SA Special Risks Insurance Association
(Sasria) reported their worst loss in history due to violence during strikes and service delivery protests.
(Sasria was established during the increasingly violent days of Apartheid to cover damage caused by
public disorder and riots.)
http://mg.co.za/article/2013-04-12-sasria-unsettled-as-strikes-lead-to-worst-loss-in-history
This so called “culture of violence” has its roots in the violent last years of Apartheid, when the ANC used
anarchy and violence to instigate a revolution against the Apartheid-government. This culture of anarchy
in response to unmet demands persists to this day.
http://www.sairr.org.za/media/articles-authored-by-the-institute/violence-a-relic-from-peoples-war-to-
make-sa-ungovernable-business-day-20th-august-2012
This climate of increasing violence is concerning as it provides a fertile ground for racial polarization to
ignite into violence. Such a situation also provides extremists with an opportunity to successfully incite
and mobilize people into violence. In fact, this is EXACTLY what happened during Western Cape
farmworker riots late in 2012. Because of this, I’ll provide more details on these events than the in rest of
this email.
The significance of the 2012 Western Cape farmworker riots
In November 2012, a series of violent strikes among farmworkers erupted on farms in South Africa's
Western Cape Province. It began as an unorganized strike by farmworkers for higher wages at De
Doorns. COSATU (Congress Of South African Trade Unions) stepped in and provided an organizational
facet to the events. In the volatile context following the Marikana massacre earlier in 2012, these strikes
by farmworkers quickly spread to towns all over the Western Cape Province.
These strikes were characterized by mobs burning down vineyards and warehouses on farms. The towns
in the vicinity of the strikes saw shops being ransacked. Non-striking farmworkers were
also threatened and intimidated.
Inflammatory rhetoric was also prevalent during the whole debacle. Some of the most noteworthy rhetoric
came from Tony Ehrenreich, COSATU's regional secretary in the Western Cape.
The strikes were halted in December 2012, but soon a second series of strikes erupted.
The following is a selection of
news-reports on youtube about the riots...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcbYA3v8hro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLq8twm0164
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlpwbtTWeZE&feature=endscreen&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP8R_Tb1WoY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cGzoXU8U-s
Following the first wave of strikes, Afriforum investigated the situation and published the following report :
http://www.afriforum.co.za/english/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/AfriForum-taakspan-se-verslag-oor-
onluste-in-die-Wes-Kaap-ENG1.pdf
I must draw your attention to the conclusions-section of the report. I quote the conclusions-section of the
report (emphasis my own) :
10. CONCLUSIONS
10.1 The local SAPS tried to maintain law and order as far as they could, but they were overwhelmed by
events. The farmers and the police co-operated well throughout events.
10.2 It was consistently confirmed that a minority of those involved in the riots were permanent
farm workers.
10.3 Those who took part in the riots were foreign nationals, mainly from Lesotho. The majority
was highly likely seasonal or non-permanent employees.
10.4 Leaders responsible for organising riots in the towns have strong ANC connections. 10.5
Members of BAWUSA and BAWSI could be linked to visits to the beleaguered towns at strategic
times.
10.6 ANC and trade union leaders are guilty of inciting the protesters.
10.7 Organisers of the riots are guilty of criminal offences by encouraging public violence and by
organising protests and riotous gatherings without complying with the Public Assemblies Act.
10.8 Organisers allowed the presence of dangerous weapons at meetings, demonstrations and picketing
and exploited children to incite violence.
10.9 Farmers who already pay the minimum wages and who go out of their way to treat their employees
in a fair manner have also been targeted.
10.10 The fact that farmers who are already paying more than the minimum wage have been targeted
cast doubt on the reason being offered for the rioting. On 14 and 15 November Minister Tina Joemat-
Petterssen pointed out that the demonstrations also had to do with poor service delivery.
10.11 Businesses paying their workers an hourly tariff were targeted.
10.12 At the farms AfriForum visited it was clear that the farmers in the areas go to a great deal of trouble
to improve conditions for permanent workers.
10.13 Clearly, national government provided no support to the provincial government.
Dr Stanton and Genocide Watch, these events in 2012 were the first occurrence of the kind of mass-
violence you have been warning about for years now. You have noted that farm-attacks and –murders are
hate-crimes, indicating a state of polarization at ground level against whites, especially white farmers. The
fact that most of the Western Cape rioters weren't permanent employees, correlates well with the fact that
farmmurders are mostly committed by young unemployed black men – the very same sector of society
from which Julius Malema draws his support.
Do you see why these events are significant in assessing SA’s genocide risk? Polarization at ground
level, amidst SA’s climate of increasing violent social unrest, boiled over into violence and allowed
extremists (like COSATU) to incite and mobilize people into further violence. In my opinion, these events
would fit into the Persecution-stage of your expanded 10-stage warning model.
My personal assessment of SA’s present-day situation
At ground level, South Africa remains deeply polarized along racial lines due to popular black support for
the mindset of the NDR-ideology in a context of continuing black poverty and unemployment alongside
the relatively more economically prosperous white South Africans.
In addition, the ANC government (along with a host of other organizations) uses this situation to polarize
blacks against whites to generate justification and popular support for their strive of implementing the
NDR by means of ever-tightening racially discriminative laws and policies.
However, the ANC’s policies have failed to address poverty and unemployment among blacks. This has
given rise to increasing violent social unrest due to mounting dissatisfaction in the ANC-government. This
climate of violent unrest is further aggravated by trade unions who don’t hesitate to resolve to violence
and anarchy when their demands are not met.
This situation of polarization and social unrest and dissatisfaction provides extremists like Julius Malema’s
Economic Freedom Fighters and militant organizations like COSATU a favorable climate to successfully
incite violence (like was the case with the 2012 Western Cape riots).
Due to active pursuit of the NDR-ideology, the climate of violent social unrest and the degree of violence
COSATU and their affiliates have displayed, it is my view that South Africa ranks at stage 6 (preparation)
on your 8-stage model.
Dr Stanton and Genocide Watch, I hope I have been able to provide you with helpful information and
insights on South Africa. As with my previous correspondence to you, I prefer to remain anonymous due
to the controversial nature of this email in a country full of extremists in an age of email account-hacking.
Thank you again for being one of the very few organizations prepared to call attention to the threats
facing white South Africans, while many others blatantly refuse to acknowledge the threats.
Best wishes to all of you! “Boertjie”
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