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Why Saying; “One Settler, One Bullet” is Stoopid

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The recent uproar over University of Cape Town (UCT) vice-chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng congratulating a student on his honours project in which he ended his acknowledgements with the phrase‚ “ONE SETTLER‚ ONE BULLET!!” refers.

I only have one thing to say; “As a white male South African the phrase does not concern me one iota because I am NOT a SETTLER, I am African, I was born here and am proud of my country.”

At the end of the day – SETTLER is defined as ‘a person who arrives, especially from another country, in a new place in order to live there and use the land’.

So in that narrow context South Africa DOES NOT have that many settlers in the context of white people who, if the hype is to be believed, are leaving South Africa and not settling here. Of course if you are someone from the East or the African continent then you should be enraged at “One Settler, One Bullet” chant.

PE YouTuber Renaldo Gouws had this to say:

The Tweets:

Kgethi Phakeng
Kgethi Phakeng

Mamokgethi Phakeng tweeted: “Congratulations dear son on completing this paper! I would like to study it at some stage. In the meantime‚ let me be kliye [sic]: I am proud of you! Way more than you can imagine! Welldone! [sic]”

Masixole Mlandu
Masixole Mlandu
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Alan Straton

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Passionate about Port Elizabeth and definitely NOT packing for Perth. Alan's ethos is epitomised in the words of Nelson Mandela; "I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the idea of a democratic and free society. If need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die." See more articles by Alan.