“We must get the 10% of young people who have voted in the previous elections up to 50%. We need to focus on those non-voters. We must get the message out that people must not vote for the ANC, but for change.”
“That is the narrative I want to promote,” Rob Hersov said to a record audience at the meeting of Durbanville Business last Thursday at 360° Bloemendal Restaurant in Durbanville.
Hersov (62), a South African and UK entrepreneur and private investor based in Cape Town, has become known recently for speaking out against the ANC and his campaigns “Voetsek ANC” and “Vote for change”.
Hersov bought Fisantekraal Airport outside Durbanville in 2020 and renamed it to Cape Winelands Airport.
Meeting
When introducing Hersov to the audience, Stefan du Toit, board member of the Durbanville Business, said about 180 business people attended the meeting – “the best attendance in the history of Durbanville Business”.
“The ANC and the EFF are scared. The population of South Africa has had enough and are gatvol for the ANC government and know what is happening.
“The ANC is breaking this country to steal. Everything that is happening, the municipalities that are breaking, is entirely about stealing. They have 15 to 16 months left to steal before the next election,” Hersov said.
“I was born lucky into a family owing the richest of companies. I am privileged and can go live wherever I want, but I am not leaving this country. I will not give up,” he said.
“Life has been easy for me. This is now my way to pay back to the country, to call the country to square,” he said.
“I am not going into politics; the DA does a good job. From 1994 to today, the DA had done heavy lifting and hard yard. And they are not the glory boys. I salute the DA for everting they have done.
“I believe in this country. We all have children and want to educate our children with the lights on at night. We want electricity and good service; we want an honest and decent government. That is not the ANC,” he said.
“We have to face the trouble coming; it is going to get worse.
“My pledge to you tonight is to pitch up in Durbanville and face up to the EFF. I will be there in the front line if they come. We need to stand up and hit the streets and tell them to f … off.
“We need to get angry, very angry,” he said.
Next election
“What can we do? Our best chance in the next election is if the DA can get 51% of the votes.
“We all donate charity money to fix problems that were created by the ANC, like schools, potholes, houses, which the ANC failed to do.
“It is hard for the DA to raise money. Do not give your money to charity, but give it all to the DA,” he said.
“In 2019 a total of 18,7 million people who were registered, did not vote. Many of those voters know the ANC have failed them, but they do not have the courage to vote for another party.
“We need to focus on those non-voters. We must get the message out that people must not vote for the ANC, but for change,” he said.
“People in South Africa are too afraid to stand up. Big business in South Africa is not standing up.
“We do need to stand up, to be not afraid and put it out there: Voetsek ANC!”
Hersov said one of the solutions must be to get more young people and people oversees to vote.
“We must build a multi-level marketing platform of South Africans and Friends of SA. People must prove they are registered and that they have voted. They must get other people to register and vote.”
“We need to focus on the 18 to 28 year old group. They use whatsapp to communicate and we must get them to do multi-level marketing to vote for change. We must find ways to monetize and gamefy this process. If the ANC is gone, the money will come in. It may take 10 years, but it is fixable. We just got to get rid of the bad guys,” he said.
