Steenhuisen under fire for Cabanac’s appointment

Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen’s appointment of controversial podcaster, Roman Cabanac, to his office has ruffled feathers.

Steenhuisen has named Cabanac as his chief of staff.

Various quarters of society have questioned the Minister’s move and have slammed the Government of National Unity (GNU), saying it continues to slap South Africans in the face.

While Cabanac seems to have cleared his X timeline, formerly known as Twitter, South Africans have brought out the receipts.

🧵(1/2) John Steenhuisen’s new wingman Roman Cabanac said this about Jacob Zuma & Cyril Ramaphosa in February 2024 👇🏽

🔻 “Perhaps it’s time for South Africans to say sorry to Jacob Zuma
🔻I really think South Africa was a better country under Jacob Zuma
🔻He was relatively… https://t.co/Rdg785b7zy pic.twitter.com/ZJKvyUoOnb

— Vimlesh Rajbansi (@VimleshRajbansi) August 27, 2024

Is this John Steenhuisen and Helen Zille talk about when they aren’t forcing black South Africans to march in the sun, while racists like Roman Cabanac and Renaldo Gouws get tall the cushy jobs. @Our_DA is racist pic.twitter.com/ebq6WEinr4

— Julius Oaganga (@afroghanga) August 27, 2024

 

John is really love these racists. This Roman Cabanac has already started deleting tweets https://t.co/yexMNPd3Vg pic.twitter.com/qvTI7l7Z5U

— SITHALE✍🏿 (@SithaleKgaogelo) August 26, 2024

lol, he can do all of that but we know who Roman Cabanac of purple cow is… they sure do love their racists don’t they? https://t.co/X98VW54ObR

— Matshidiso Madia (@tshidi_lee) August 26, 2024

I switched off from X yesterday after this.

Certified racists grandly paraded by the DA, appointed to key positions in our democracy, a democracy that had to overcome heinous racism. The DA/GNU gleefully slaps us in the face everyday.

Steenhuisen | Roman Cabanac | Renaldo Gouws pic.twitter.com/LU4OjWsGOS

— Rahul SA 🇿🇦 (@Rahul_AJ_1990) August 27, 2024

South AfricAns,

Did you know that Roman Cabanac is a French citizen rather than a South African?

We are being replaced by DA here. pic.twitter.com/enfmwzVIqk

— Marc Anderson (@PatriotMarc) August 26, 2024

Roman Cabanac has consistently pushed racist, divisive rhetoric on his X account and his brain rot podcast ‘The Morning Shot’. The DA has already lost votes in this year’s elections and they’ve guaranteed a further loss in 2029 by employing douchebag racists like this. https://t.co/CLceQDKQ6t

— SUPERINFORMATIVE on TikTok (@i_likebrandon) August 26, 2024

Cabanac, who is known for his disputable remarks on X, comes into government after his political party failed to stand the test of time in the 2019 elections.

He was a founding member of the Capitalist Party of South Africa also known as The Purple Cow.

Cabanac’s appointment at the Department of Agriculture has also sparked debate over the DA’s perceived inability to act decisively on racial discrimination.

In June DA MP, Renaldo Gouws, came under fire over a video that was captured in 2009 where he speaks about reverse apartheid.

In one of his videos, he repeatedly says Kill all the K***rs and uses the N… word.

Despite his suspension by the DA, he was recently seen at the induction by the Standing Committee on the Auditor-General, fulfilling his duties as an MP.