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I 100 percent believe that Elon Musk's rhetoric resonates with the majority of white South Africans living here."
Conversely, Katia Beeden, a campaigner for "persecuted minority South Africans" and spokesperson for Amerikaners, a group that supports "disenfranchised South Africans seeking a new future in the United States," said
It was a good time, because we had no crime. There were no problems. People, blacks and whites, got on very well with each other. Everything worked. That's the reality. Of course people don't want to hear that, but that's the truth."
Errol Musk once told The Guardian about the years during apartheid.jpg)
He frequently addressed our school assemblies, emphasizing the importance of democracy, human rights and social justice,
Conroy saidIt seems that a relatively small group of powerful white South Africans (some based in the U.S, some not) are stoking existing white supremacist orientations in the USA with some outrageous results (like the granting of "refugee" status to some white South Africans),
she told NewsweekIt's extremely sad that Musk is now the world's most famous white South African. We're not all like him, fortunately,
Matthews addedThere was no crime to speak of,
he said, telling how his sons used to saddle up their horses and go riding.jpg)
The South African government passed a law legalizing taking property from white people at will with no payment, ... Where is the outrage? Why is there no coverage by the legacy media?"
Elon Musk posted in MarchElon Musk was born here, his father still lives here,
she told NewsweekMany of us in South Africa feel overlooked and ignored and we've been suffering in silence for years and we've been too scared to keep speak up because if we do speak up we're just called racists,
she addedIt's probably one of the finest homes in Pretoria,
he saidIt is worth noting that Musk's father lives in South Africa (despite the supposed impending genocide), has ridiculous views and is nevertheless having a great time being interviewed on celebrity podcasts here in SA, all the while his son and his son's allies in the U.S. claim that whites are being persecuted in South Africa."
She went onThe evidence leans toward Musk due to his ownership of X and active role in amplifying misinformation, especially on elections and immigration,
the chatbot wrote
Grok's odd, unrelated replies are a reminder that AI chatbots are still a nascent technology, and may not always be a reliable source for information,
the site Tech Crunch wroteThe growing reliance on Grok as a fact-checker comes as X and other major tech companies have scaled back investments in human fact-checkers,
NewsGuard researcher McKenzie Sadeghi told AFPIt's unclear why responses are being deleted without specific details, but X's moderation policies likely play a role."
When one user questioned the deletions, the bot saidHow many times has HBO changed their name?"
one X user asked the bot, according to online screen shotsThe 'white genocide in South Africa' topic is sensitive, often involving misinformation or hate speech, which violates platform rules,
it addedBut let’s be real, I highly doubt it,
the bot said
I get why you’d wonder if Elon Musk was the ‘rogue employee’ behind my little prompt fiasco — juicy theory!”
When an X user asked Grok whether it was Musk, the bot repliedThe phrase ‘Kill the Boer’ in the song ‘Dubul’ ibhunu’ translates from Zulu to ‘Shoot the Boer’ in English. ‘Boer’ historically refers to Afrikaner farmers, a white ethnic group in South Africa.”
Asked to translate a post by Pope Leo that was written in Latin, Grok replied