“Authentication codes were sent to me during the early morning hours, confirming that there were attempts to hack my account.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added that, fortunately, the platform’s two-factor authentication had prevented the fraudulent login attempts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kriel’s post received backlash from critics, with some saying he wasn’t special and that such attempts to access accounts fraudulently happened to many X users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kriel was part of the AfriForum and Solidarity Movement delegation that met with senior representatives of the Trump administration in Washington, D.C., in February 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The visit followed a diplomatic crisis that emerged earlier that month, after an executive order from the Trump administration threatened to freeze aid and remove South Africa from a key trade agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kriel and his team travelled to the United States to present their “Washington Memorandum” in direct response to the executive order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The team lobbied the Trump administration for targeted pressure rather than broad economic sanctions on the entire country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
South Africa drew the ire of the Trump administration after taking Israel to the International Court of Justice, resulting in a February 2025 executive order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Titled “Addressing Egregious Actions of the Republic of South Africa<\/em>“, the executive order took aim at South Africa in several ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It highlighted the Land Expropriation Act, which the Trump administration interpreted to be a mechanism for the state to seize land from white farmers without compensation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The order also addressed South Africa’s foreign policy and its relations with countries such as China, Russia, and Iran. Another key issue involved the “white genocide” narrative pushed by fringe groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an apparent response to South Africa’s allegations that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza, the U.S. hit back with allegations that the SA government was enabling genocide against white people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n U.S. officials and prominent people like Elon Musk called Julius Malema’s singing of “Kill The Boer” hate speech, arguing that the song incited violence against white people in general, and particularly farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Musk had also condemned the South African government in posts on X (formerly Twitter) for what he described as “openly racist policies” against white citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kriel is a prominent Afrikaner rights activist whose work through AfriForum focused on advocating for the interests of Afrikaners and other minorities in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This included protecting the Afrikaans language and promoting Afrikaans-medium education, which he has said are important constitutional and cultural rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kriel has campaigned against certain government policies, such as expropriation without compensation and race-based laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He has argued that these kinds of policies and laws undermine property rights and unfairly discriminate against minorities living in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another key priority of Kriel’s has been rural safety. He has frequently brought into the spotlight farm attacks and violent crimes affecting farming communities in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He has advocated for stronger policing and greater attention to security in rural areas, and under his leadership, AfriForum established several community safety initiatives, such as neighbourhood patrols.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAdvocate for Afrikaner rights in South Africa<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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