Ben Van
bennvan.bsky.social
Ben Van
@bennvan.bsky.social
66y, Wannabe author, poet & allround nice guy. Father of four, and a few grandkids. 🇿🇦South African. Blessed, sports fan and reader. Love good movies, music and the occasional whiskey.
Oh yeah. 'Glasses totally shivered me timbers...
December 22, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Not a problem. I'm Afrikaans speaking but not an Afrikaner. The old system DID benefit them ALL tho and put them and other so-called europeans (read: whites) on a pedestal of so called superiority (even when not). But 'twas called politics and even white dissenters were beneficiaries of apartheid😉
November 30, 2024 at 5:48 AM
Yep.
November 30, 2024 at 5:25 AM
The trailer was more exciting than the real thing. 🤣
November 28, 2024 at 8:50 PM
ze them. During apartheid and they were so quiet. Now, so long after '94 we all have so many challenges I still can't figure who the bad guys were or still are - amongst the Afrikaner. But good on you for coming up for yourself. 'Pity so few had/has regard for others' humanity than their own. 👊
November 28, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Thanks for putting your hand up Jacqui. I also come from an Afrikaans family - a different kind tho, so let me not complicate things😊. People have great difficulty in recognizing non-racist Afrikaners and I believe there are. So kudos to you. I have had the same difficulty because you can't recogni-
November 28, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Amazing pic, I Dave👌
November 28, 2024 at 10:56 AM