RC 260924SAfmJon Gericke
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Heritage Day conversations centred on South Africa’s strained US relationship, Khoisan recognition and language, and an unflinching reckoning with crime at home.
- 22:19
Ambassador Rolf Meyer said South Africa must protect its US business relationship, with 500 to 600 American companies already operating locally and job creation the key objective.
- 22:36
Meyer warned that racialising farm attacks is divisive, urging attention to preventing the next murder rather than exporting competing narratives about South African crime.
- 23:52
Khoisan leader Edmund Wayne Steedman said recognition should include Khoisan language, identity and land rights, arguing that the community remains legally and institutionally marginalised.
- 23:42
Steedman called for primary-school investment and consistent national media coverage to revive Khoisan languages, saying recordings alone cannot replace a new generation of fluent speakers.
- 23:57
The programme closed with the KwaMakhuta house-party shooting, where 11 people were killed and three wounded, sharpening the host’s call for an honest reckoning with violent crime.