Pieter Kriel
@pieterkrielorg
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The most dangerous privilege is not financial, it’s the belief that your worldview is the default one, the idea that your discomfort is injustice, but someone else’s oppression is simply.unfortunate.
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Africa was never “discovered.” You can’t discover land where people already live. Europe invaded. They looted. They rewrote the story to make themselves heroes. That’s not history, that’s propaganda I refuse to be a part of. #politicalcommentary #politicssouthafrica
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There is no white genocide in South Africa. But if you cry ‘genocide’ where it doesn’t exist, and stay silent while GAZA BURNS, you’re not a victim, you’re just a coward with WiFi.
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What you saw in Washington tonight was spineless. Our president stood smiling next to a man who still pushes white genocide conspiracies about South Africa. No dignity. No backbone. Just pure political desperation. Pathetic.
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50 Afrikaners fled SA claiming ‘refugee’ status. But there’s no genocide, just fear of losing dominance. SA’s crisis is real, but shared. This isn’t persecution. It’s panic. Running won’t solve it, staying and facing equality will. #politicalcommentary #southafricapolitics
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I’m not related to Kallie Kriel, I’m his antithesis. I don’t fight for preservation—I fight for transformation. I don’t romanticize apartheid, I want to bury it. I stand for unity, not segregation. Stop lumping me with fossils.
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Black people do not live in townships because they have too many babies, and if you still believe that lie, you are part of the problem I am fighting against. #politicalcommentary #politicssouthafrica
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Just wrapped up a podcast with DJ Sbu… and Nota. Let’s just say tensions rose, truths were told, and nothing was held back. Watch this space, this one’s going to rattle cages.
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I had to remove my posts from TikTok, because a certain group of people, usually the racists, feel so triggered they had to mass report my content. Luckily I get to post it here to further irritate you.
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Was at an Africa Day conference. Lots of talk about “African solutions.” Yet nobody dares say the real truth: Until we confront state failure, tribal loyalty over national interest, and the fear of integration, Africa Day is just theatre. Unity demands honesty.
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Every white South African is racist. We were built by apartheid, by design. You don’t “grow out” of that. You unlearn it, painfully. Having Black friends doesn’t fix it. #southafricapolitics #politicalcommentary #politicalanalysis
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The right doesn’t hate me because I’m wrong, they hate me because I’ve shattered the fragile fantasy that they were supposed to lead. This isn’t criticism. It’s jealousy dressed as political relevance.
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Apartheid was sold as “God’s will.”.Now land reform is called “theft.”.It’s never about truth — it’s about framing. You’re not informed. You’re framed. #politicalcommentary #southafricapolitics
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I will spend my life fighting for the full emancipation of every South African, black, white, poor, forgotten. Restitution is not revenge, it’s reality. Deny it, and you fade into political and moral irrelevance. I will not be silent. Ever.
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Afrikaners who still dream of Europe are already ‘dead’. Afrikaans dies in exile. You want a future? Stand with Africa — or be forgotten. #politicssouthafrica #southafricapolitics #politicalcommentary #africa
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God didn’t end apartheid, rebels did. Now the ANC has become a church. They don’t fight poverty; they preach it. Jesus colonised the African mind. And poverty? It’s holy now. #politicalcommentary #southafricapolitics #politicssouthafrica
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To the Americans foaming at the mouth because I dared to speak the truth, I don't owe you an apology. America has never apologised for being the global blueprint of hypocrisy for slavery, invasion, regime changes and mass incarcerations.
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Trump says white South Africans are being killed, land confiscated and they deserve refugee status. He says it’s not because they’re white, he’d say it if they were black too. Meanwhile, Sudan burns and Congo bleeds?.
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I’ll be appearing on SABC News (Channel 404) tonight at 7PM to discuss Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent visit to the United States and the issue of so-called “refugees.” Time to speak plainly. @Sophie_Mokoena @SABCNews #politicalanalysis.
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For 30 years, the @Our_DA has failed to resonate with the majority. Why? Because every policy they’ve backed has protected privilege, not justice. They speak “non-racialism” but govern for the suburbs. African pain is ignored.#politicalcommentary #southafricapolitics
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Just got off Dutch TV talking about the so-called ‘refugees’—49 of them speaking Afrikaans, running from load-shedding and bad service delivery. That’s not exile. That’s cowardice with a plane ticket.
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They crucified Jesus for challenging the empire. They killed Steve Biko for demanding justice. Revolutionaries divide and threaten power, that’s why they never die peacefully… #politicalcommentary #southafricapolitics
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If calling me gay or Jewish is your best insult, you’ve already lost the argument. I’m neither, but I’d still rather be either than be a coward hiding behind fake profiles spewing hate. You fear progress, and it shows.
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I was interviewed today by Dineo Ranaka… Things got real. I didn’t hold back. South Africa, it’s time we speak truth to power.
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Political freedom without economic power is a scam. You can’t eat a vote. You can’t build a future on broken promises. Until land and wealth are shared, South Africa isn’t free — it’s just politely unequal. #southafricapolitics #politicssouthafrica #politicalcommentary
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White fragility isn’t soft, it’s sabotage. It censors truth, kills progress, and masks power behind fake innocence. We men are the worst. You don’t fix a system by feeling safe inside it. You burn the lie. Then you start rebuilding. #politicalcommentary #southafricapolitics
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Podcast with DJ Sbu today. Politics, identity, South Africa, the uncomfortable truths. Nothing off the table. Keep an eye out.
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I’m not Jewish. Never was. I was raised Christian. I left religion completely. Yes, I visited synagogues, also mosques, temples, churches. It was curiosity, not conversion. Stop rewriting my life to fit your lazy narrative.
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If being a Pan-Africanist means believing in African unity, solidarity, and the power to decide our own political and economic future, then yes, I am. Power isn’t just money or votes, it’s the ability to shape where we go, when we go, and where it ends.
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Unity is not romantic. It’s.dangerous. But without it Africa.remains rich in minerals, and buried.in poverty. The world loves an Africa.that fights itself. It fears an Africa.that stands together.
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If we don’t evolve what it means to be an Afrikaner, we risk fading into the shadows of history. It’s time to make being Afrikaans inclusive, or irrelevant. #politicalcommentary #southafricapolitics
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The DA didn’t uplift the poor, they just landscaped around them. Cape Town isn’t progress. It’s apartheid with better branding. #southafricapolitics #politicalcommentary #politicalanalysis
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Saying white genocide isn’t real doesn’t mean I support farm attacks. I don’t. Never did. The right uses race to spread fear and justify hate. If your politics need dead bodies to make a point, you’ve already lost the argument.
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Very interesting and provocative conversation about the role of religion in Africa and the world, spirituality and different expressions of it and the future of Africa. Be on the lookout…
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The tragedy is not that we die; the tragedy is that most live as if they were already dead, obedient, unthinking, inherited ghosts of people they never chose to become.
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Apartheid didn’t just collapse, it was crushed by the defiance of South Africa’s youth. Their resilience, their rage, their refusal to obey, that’s what ended it. #politicalcommentary #politicssouthafrica #southafricapolitics
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Africa isn’t poor. It’s mentally colonised. Still praying to foreign gods, fighting over colonial borders, begging for Western aid. This isn’t independence, it’s managed poverty. #politicalcommentary #decolonisation #politicssouthafrica .#southafricapolitics
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IOL asked for my opinion on the 49 Afrikaner “refugees.” I gave it straight: they’re not refugees.
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White guilt means nothing without action. Poor whites aren’t the enemy — denial is. We don’t want shame. We want solidarity. Equality only feels like oppression if you’re used to privilege. #politicalcommentary #politicssouthafrica #southafricapolitics
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One reason a lot of these big media houses and corporations are failing is because they exploit people, especially young, independent voices. They don’t build relevance, they feed off it. That’s why they’re dying. And they deserve to.
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Apartheid ended. But the classroom stayed racist. We were never taught to unlearn it, just to hide it. Black kids still call straight hair “good.” White kids still flinch in townships. This system raised us to obey, forget, and protect it. #politicssouthafrica #politics
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South African politics is a blame circus. The ANC birthed MK. The EFF fears it. Nobody leads. Nobody delivers. Just old men fighting over relevance while the people suffer. No strategy just cowardice in red, green, and gold. #politicssouthafrica #politicalcommentary
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The world’s built on borders, division, and lies. But we all come from the same place, and that’s exactly why we’re walking 30,000 km in PROTEST to remind you!!! #politicalcommentary #activism #southafrica #protests #southafricapolitics
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Helen Zille and the Death of Classical Liberalism | Available NOW.
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Democracy has become the new God, and like most gods, it doesn’t exist. You vote. You suffer. You wait for change that never comes. #politicssouthafrica #southafricapolitics
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Helen Zille on TikTok isn’t progress, it’s distraction. While millions suffer, the DA funds online PR stunts to make failed politicians look trendy. We don’t need filters. We need real leadership, real solutions, real change. This is not personal — it’s political. @helenzille
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@FirebrandMavric I think maybe you struggle with basic comprehension and understanding of terminology.
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ANC’s talking “renewal” like we forgot the 30 years of betrayal. This isn’t leadership, it’s looting in a new shirt. Hani would’ve burned this coward parade down. #politics #southafricapolitics #politicssouthafrica
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@helenzille @helenzille thinks by posting gen, z tone deaf tiktok videos, she’ll somehow convince us she is and ever was for the majority of the people. We’re not falling for it.
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@Nicole_Barlow1 @AfricaUnfilt That is why your generation has done nothing in 50 years? Lol. In fact the only thing your generation did successfully was keep people hostage in their own country.
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@SpiritofWessex I don’t. You interpret my disagreement with your nonsense as some kind of existential betrayal.
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“If you’re an ordinary black or brown South African, who grew up in the township, you’ll probably never be a millionaire, let alone a billionaire”. #viral #trending #southafrica
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The configurations of the #GNU is political theatrics. #politicssouthafrica #southafricapolitics #southafrica
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@ZizinjaAbelungu Never have I spoken for Africans. I speak with and alongside Africans. Looks like I have even more work to do.
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Helen Zille and the Death of Modern Liberalism | by Pieter Kriel. “Zille’s tragedy is that she mistakes.stubbornness for principle. She rails against “identity politics” while embodying the ultimate identity: a white liberal…”.
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@CapCitySabz @realJeremyCarl He is in the US. It’s nighttime there, he is jerking of to Donal Trump on fox news.
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Engaged in the timeless dance of ideas, where reason meets rhetoric. With book in hand, I challenge not to win, but to seek truth.
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Challenge the allure of absolute certainty, a dangerous snare that stifles growth. Embrace doubt, question fearlessly, and break free from mental constraints. Be the architect of your thoughts, unyielding in pursuit of #truth and #liberation.
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Tbilisi, a beautiful city with a history touched by the iron fist of the Soviet Union.
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@kimheller3 @Julius_S_Malema When we allow one group of people to try and establish a nationalist-imperialist ‘state’ within SA, we have to allow all people, what nonsense, I say no. Thank you @EFFSouthAfrica.
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@CommentaryPol @helenzille You have the words pronoun in your bio, on your mind, and at heart. Maybe do some introspection.
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In the grand theatre of the cosmos, one finds no script. Yet, the audacity of human #intellect writes sonnets in stardust, defying the cosmic silence. #Science is our divine liturgy, and #curiosity, our original sin.
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@helenzille and the Death of Classical Liberalism. Check it out now;. #politicssouthafrica #southafricapolitics
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@uMarhobane If I didn’t I wouldn’t be doing this. And just one question, why is your view ratio so low compared to your following? Lol.
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@BigEd21345811 I am not a sympathiser of the West, but I will also not be a sympathiser for the East where they have done wrong. Russia has committed war crimes in Africa, that directly affects the African population. Don’t come here with uneducated blabber.
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@DaleSparrow I don’t romanticise politicians, nobody, so maybe that is why some of my videos offend you.
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@helenzille on TikTok is no progress, it’s a tone deaf PR stunt, which I called out on the media platform, but as usual getting quite the backlash from the her neo-liberal crowd and sympathisers.
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@HloMok22 I agree we all need a say, but perhaps first we need to acknowledge and agree that democracy might be inherently flawed… but we can say that about all systems of power, right?.
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