Voices of South Africa with Johann
I am a South African born white male and was born in the
middle sixties. My family has been in South Africa since the middle 17th
century. My forefathers from my dad’s side came to South Africa from Germany
and later married a girl from the Netherlands over here. My history goes back
to a Germany back to the 12th century in a town called Griebenow in North East
Germany. I grew up in a mostly Afrikaans environment and I have 3 brothers and
1 sister.
I see myself as a proud Afrikaner Boer and consider myself
as part of that group with their own culture, religion and language (Afrikaans)
I worked and served in the military with Black, Coloured and Asian people and
had a lot of experiences about other cultures and I respect and love the
different cultures and the diversity that we have in this country.
Unfortunately someone / some force are trying to make one culture by forcing
people to become one!
My family suffered during the Anglo Boer War where British
colonized South Africa and many women, children and men were killed in
concentration camps set up by the occupiers.
I am married to a wonderful wife, Magde Marie and we have
three beautiful children. Kyal Peter Griebenow, Candice Danielle Griebenow and
Simon Marco Griebenow.
I have my own small one man business specialising in the
design, manufacture and installation of kitchen & bathroom cabinetry. I am
a keen photographer, philosopher, human rights activist and I play Squash
(similar to Racket ball in the USA) at least three times a week. I played
rugby, participated in Amateur wrestling and Mixed martial arts. Nowadays I
stick to self protection art like Krav Maga and keep fit by doing a lot of
jogging, swimming and spending time outdoors. Now, that is when I am not online
trying to save the world…..
I have studied Sales Marketing management and I am also studying part time
towards obtaining my International accreditation as an Installation Electrician
at a local technical college. I finished High school at the age of 18 and I had
to do National service in the South African Military Services (SADF) as a White
male after High school as it was the law in South Africa at the time (Conscription
compulsory military service). I opted to sign up for permanent service in the
South African Navy for almost 5 years.
South Africa was involved in the Angolan Bush War during
that time and we took part in many operations in and outside our borders. I
left the Navy and went on to work and study part time in the Sales and
Marketing field for several years. I later became involved in the Insurance
industry and became involved with insurance brokering and later worked as Sales
and Marketing Director in a privately owned company.
I joined the South
African Airforce pre 1994 just before the ANC came to power. I served as a Non
commissioned officer in Communications, surveillance and Tactical deployments.
Served the new SANDF post 1994 till end of 1997 locally and deployed in a
humanitarian role throughout Africa. I was nominated to participate in training
in 44 Parabat Squadron and spend almost three months in Tempi in Bloemfontein
but never qualified due to a serious knee injury at the time.
I would like to thank you for the honour you have bestowed
on me to be a guest on your show and I am looking forward to appearing on the
show when you see fit.
I am ready to talk about my country South Africa pre 1994
and now. As a patriot and activist I would like the world and even some people
in our country to know how the average South African are experiencing the
so-called Rainbow nation. I would like to cover the basic day and life in the
new South Africa. I would also gladly give links to different websites to back
up information about what is happening in South Africa and the chronic decay that we are faced with regarding the
corrupt governance, pathetic service delivery, robberies, rapes, murders and
discrimination. Thank you again and I am looking forward to it.
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