Conscious Caracal

Ep. 18 - AfriForum in the USA 2020 | Guests: Ernst Roets & Monique Taute

I interview AfriForum Head of Policy and Action, Forum Films CEO, Chairperson of Opinor. Producer: Disrupted Land, Tainted Heroes, and Author of Kill The Boer Book, Ernst Roets, as well as AfriForum Head of Campaigns & Head of AfriForum’s Anti-Corruption Unit, Monique Taute. We will discuss AfriForum's comprehensive international campaign, "The World Must Know", for the protection of civil rights in South Africa.
Issues on which the campaign will specifically focus include expropriation without compensation, as well as farm murders, hate speech and the South African government’s veneration of human rights violators. The campaign rests on three pillars:
1. Creating awareness of the situation in South Africa;
2. Raising support among opinion formers, governments and other decision makers; and
3. Mobilising the South African diaspora and foreigners with interests in South Africa to swing into meaningful action.
AfriForum also published a report that sets out how the rights of minorities are violated in South Africa on various terrains. The report contains information on the government’s warped perception of democracy, minority rights and equality, hate speech against minorities, the attack on the property rights and heritage of minorities, as well as the phasing out of Afrikaans and other minority languages in the public sphere. It also highlights the South African government and the ruling ANC’s veneration of the world’s worst human rights violators and the accompanying animosity towards countries where human rights are protected to a large extend.

Ep. 17 - Social Media Exile | Guest: Nick Monroe

On this episode I interview Nick Monroe, an American investigative journalist and social media news breaking guru. Nick has been banned off Twitter with no clear reasons given and I want to pick his brain about how that has affected his life and how he thinks social media censorship should be tackled.

Ep. 16 - SA Election: Season Finale | Guest: John Steenhuisen (DA)

On this episode I interview John Steenhuisen: a South African politician currently serving as Chief Whip of the Official Opposition as a Member of the National Assembly representing the Democratic Alliance. He had previously served as Leader of the Opposition in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature.
Steenhuisen was elected to the then Durban City Council in 1999 at the age of 22, making him one of the youngest councillors in the city's history. In 2006 he was elected the caucus leader of the Democratic Alliance's official opposition as a member of the eThekwini Municipal Council and served on its Executive Council.
Steenhuisen is known for his oratory skills and has delivered a number of noteworthy speeches to Parliament that have been noted for their wit and incisive criticism. He has been labelled a "street fighter" in parliament.

Ep. 15 - Stand Back or Fight Back? | Guest: Wouter Wessels (VF+ / FF Plus)

On this episode I interview Wouter Wessels, a Freedom Front Plus (Vryheidsfront Plus) member of the South African parliament. Wessels took over the seat of Dr. Pieter Mulder, the former leader of the Freedom Front Plus, after Mulder's retirement. He worked as Mulder's personal secretary between 2009 and 2014.

Ep. 14 - Cowboy Capitalists | Guest: Kanthan Pillay (ZACP)

On this episode I interview Kanthan Pillay, a politics major at Princeton with certificates from Boston University and from Harvard's Nieman Foundation; former senior research scientist in the Computers and Networks division at the Centre for Advanced Studies, Research and Development in Sardinia (CRS4); former Managing Editor of the Cape Times, former head of news at ETV, former chairman of the board of McCann World Group South Africa, former chief executive of South Africa's biggest youth radio station YFM. And his latest venture: Founder member and Chief Beef: #ZACP – Capitalist Party of South Africa (The Purple Cow).

Ep. 13 - How to COPE with the Election | Guest: Jarrod Delport (COPE)

On this episode I interview Jarrod Delport: a Congress of the People (COPE) candidate for parliament, teacher, writer, online political commentator, constitutionalist and Social Democrat.
The Congress of the People is a South African political party formed in 2008 by former members of the African National Congress (ANC). The party was founded by former ANC members Mosiuoa Lekota, Mbhazima Shilowa and Mluleki George to contest the 2009 general election.

Ep. 12 - AfriForum in the USA 2019 | Guest: Ernst Roets

On this episode I interview AfriForum Deputy CEO, Forum Films CEO, Civil Rights activist, Scholar of Constitutional Law, Producer: DisruptedLand, TaintedHeroes, and author of 'Kill The Boer', Ernst Roets.
Ernst Roets, Marina Wiese and Mariandra Heunis went to the USA as part of AfriForum’s awareness campaign for farm murders and land expropriation without compensation in South Africa. Mariandra represents the many farm attack and murder victims. The campaign is especially important considering President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent denials of the reality of farm murders and land grabs during his USA tour. This tour will comprise a series of follow-up meetings after last year’s tour. AfriForum will meet with research and media institutions, politicians and other interested parties during their two-week-long awareness tour. In this exclusive live interview Ernst gives us the latest updates from their tour, as well as what's in store.

Ep. 11 - Possessed by Ideology | Guest: Quentin Ferreira

On this episode I am joined by Quentin Ferreira, a Clinical Psychologist working in the Space Industry, Libertarian, and Portuguese South African. We discuss the psychology and often psychopathy of ideological possession, the Capitalist Party of South Africa which Quentin has been advertising, as well as the psychology behind the phenomenon of increasingly hostility towards political opponents in the battle of ideas.

Ep. 10 - News and Culture | Guests: Podlitiek

On this episode I interview the crew behind the South African Podlitiek Podcast. Self-described as, "A weekly podcast that addresses, discusses and unpacks news events and topical issues from a critical, open and honest perspective."

Ep. 9 - Choosing Liberty | Guest: Mpiyakhe Dhlamini

I interview Mpiyakhe Dhlamini: Rational Standard and BusinessDay columnist. He is a former libertarian and former socialist, with an interest in, inter alia, Black Consciousness, Free Markets & Anarchism. Mpiyakhe also runs his own web development business, where he’s a full-time freelancer.