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Anargie in Suid-Afrika - Ons sal Suid-Afrika weer herbou
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VIR ONMIDDELLIKE VRYSTELLING
Verklaring deur Dries Wiese
Voorsitter van die Afrikanerbond
Anargie in Suid-Afrika
- ʼn Duidelike boodskap van rigtingverandering vir regering – Hou op om verkeerde dinge op verkeerde tyd te doen!
- Vredeliewende Suid-Afrikaners sal weer opbou.
Die Afrikanerbond is, net soos duisende ander, Suid-Afrikaners wat diep verontrus en uiters bekommerd is oor die huidige anargie in groot dele van die land. Dit is ongekende vlakke van misdadigheid wat polities aangestook word.
Saam met inperking gaan die plundery en vandalisme enorme skade aan Suid-Afrika se reeds brose ekonomie aanrig.
In sy ongeveer 1900 woorde toespraak aan die land gisteraand, het President Ramaphosa onder andere onderneem dat wet en orde herstel sal word. Dit is van die mees basiese funksies van enige staat en die situasie moes nooit toegelaat gewees het om so te eskaleer nie. Indringende vrae moet dus gevra word oor die intellegensievermoëns van die regering of die gebrek daaraan.
Spreek die kern van die probleem aan:
- Suid-Afrika betaal nou ʼn bitter duur prys vir die ANC se onvermoë om sy eie interne faksies in toom te hou. Die interne gevegte het nou oorgespoel na misdadigheid op ongekende vlak in die openbare arena, en Suid-Afrika word gyselaar gehou deur ʼn kriminele gepeupel.
- Dit is duidelik dat die misdadigheid aangevuur word in die naam van Jacob Zuma. Die resultate van staatskaping van staatstrukture en ongebrydelde korrupsie is nou eers sigbaar.
- Die ANC het laat blyk dat dit beplande oproer is. Dit sal dringend en met ernstige implikasies vir individue betrokke hanteer moet word. Goedkoop politieke praatjies en beloftes gaan nie wet en orde herstel nie.
Die regering moet ophou met verkeerde dinge op verkeerde tye!
- Politieke leierskap ontbreek in die portefeuljes wat wet en orde moet toepas en handhaaf. Eweneens dwing die gesagsfigure, en veral Bheki Cele, nie meer respek af nie. Trouens, sy teenwoordigheid word afgelag deur wetsgehoorsame burgers, wat nog te sê van misdadige elemente. Die Kabinet se onvermoë om effektief op te tree is met die pandemie uitgelig, maar met die anargie ontbloot. Dit gee nou gulde geleentheid vir die President om mense in die posisies te plaas wat wel met gesag en ervaring kan optree en wat respek afdwing.
- Die regering is berug daarvoor dat die verkeerde dinge op die verkeerde tye gedoen word. Wet en orde moet nou gesien word dat dit met ʼn ferm greep toegepas en afgedwing word. Dit help nie om polities senstief te wees vir eie en die opposisie se ondersteunersbasisse nie.
- Suid-Afrika is in sy geskiedenis al deur fases van oproer en misdadigheid. Ekonomiese herstel kan plaasvind en dit kan oornag gebeur, mits die Regering sy ideologiese verknegtheid opsy skuif en toelaat dat besighede, entrepreneurs en minderhede ongehinderd hul kundigheid kan aanwend tot voordeel van die land.
Saam kan ons Suid-Afrika weer herstel
- • Die groot saambindende faktor in die huidige krisis is dat dit ʼn minderheid is wat plunder en vandaliseer. Die groter saakmakende meerderheid oor ras en kleurgrense heen, is diegene wat hard werk en vredeliewend is.
- • Anargie is nou besig om ons grondwetlike demokrasie te bedreig en moet verhoed word.
- • Alle Suid-Afrikaanse gemeenskappe moet met kalmte optree, hande neem oor grense heen en weer help om Suid-Afrika op te bou.
- • Terwyl dit die taak van die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisie en Weermag is om wet en orde af te dwing, moet Suid-Afrikaners hulself en hul eiendomme terselfdertyd beveilig. Te veel mense teer op emosie en aanhitsing van vigilante optrede en dit is nie die oplossing nie.
- • Terwyl ons alles doen wat nodig is om die land weer op te bou is dit terselfdertyd nodig vir alle Suid-Afrikaanse geloofsgemeenskappe om te bly bid vir vrede en kalmte vir Suid-Afrika.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Statement by Dries Wiese
Chairperson of the Afrikanerbond
Anarchy in South Africa
- A clear message to government to change direction — Stop doing the wrong things at the wrong time!
- Peace-loving South Africans will rebuild their country.
We in the Afrikanerbond, like thousands of other South Africans, are deeply disturbed and extremely worried about the current anarchy in large parts of the country. We are experiencing unprecedented levels of crime that are politically motivated.
Together with the current lockdown, the looting and vandalism will cause enormous damage to South Africa's already fragile economy.
In his speech of some 1900 words to the country last night, President Ramaphosa promised, among other things, that law and order would be restored. This is one of the most basic functions of any state, and the situation should never have been allowed to escalate this way. Penetrating questions must therefore be asked about the intelligence capabilities of the government, or the lack thereof.
Address the core of the problem:
- South Africa is now paying a very high price for the ANC's inability to keep its own internal factions in check. The infighting has spilled over into an unprecedented level of crime in the public arena, and South Africa is being held hostage by a criminal mob.
- It is clear that the criminal activity is being incited in the name of Jacob Zuma. The results of state capture of state structures and rampant corruption are now more visible than ever.
- The ANC has indicated that this is a planned unrest. It must be dealt with urgently and with serious consequences for the individuals concerned. Cheap political talk and promises are not going to restore law and order.
The government must stop doing the wrong things at the wrong time!
- Political leadership is lacking in those portfolios responsible for applying and maintaining law and order. Authority figures, and especially Bheki Cele, no longer command any respect. In fact, he is ridiculed by law-abiding citizens, let alone criminal elements. The Cabinet's inability to act effectively, highlighted by the pandemic, has been exposed by the anarchy. It now gives the President a golden opportunity to fill key positions with people who can act with authority and experience and who command respect.
- The government is notorious for doing the wrong thing at the wrong time. It is now time for law and order to be seen to be applied and enforced with a firm grip. It does not help to be politically sensitive to one’s own and the opposition's supporter bases and constituencies.
- South Africa has experienced phases of rioting and crime before in its history. Economic recovery is possible, and it can happen overnight, provided the government lets go of its ideological enslavement and allows businesses, entrepreneurs and minorities to apply their expertise to the benefit of the country in an unhindered fashion.
Together we can restore South Africa
- The major unifying factor in the current crisis is that it is a minority that is looting and vandalising. The greater majority that matter, spread across race and colour boundaries, are those who work hard and are peace-loving.
- Anarchy is threatening our constitutional democracy and must be prevented.
- All South African communities must act calmly, join hands across divides, and help rebuild South Africa.
- While it is the task of the South African Police and Army to enforce law and order, South Africans must secure themselves and their property. Too many people prey on emotions and incite vigilant action, and that is not the solution.
- While we are doing everything necessary to rebuild the country, all South African faith communities should continue to pray for peace and stability for South Africa.
