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I'm putting myself at risk here, by the way. We've got lunatics running the asylum. What can you tell us about him? President Cyril Ramaphosa. Complete gangster. Rogue. Villain. So have you spent any time with Elon Musk? The South African government said to Elon Musk, if you want to bring Starlink to South Africa, you've got to give 30% of your business to a black person and we'll tell you who.
I'm putting myself at risk here, by the way. We've got lunatics running the asylum. What can you tell us about him? President Cyril Ramaphosa. Complete gangster. Rogue. Villain. So have you spent any time with Elon Musk? The South African government said to Elon Musk, if you want to bring Starlink to South Africa, you've got to give 30% of your business to a black person and we'll tell you who.
Who said this? Jacob Zuma? Our government says it. It's a government policy. We get poorer every year. The country is falling apart. With youth unemployment at 61%. Highest in the world. How? South Africa is Germany in the early 1930s. They're pushing anti-white racism. and socialism by the day. And let me give you the worst of it. Tell me more.
Who said this? Jacob Zuma? Our government says it. It's a government policy. We get poorer every year. The country is falling apart. With youth unemployment at 61%. Highest in the world. How? South Africa is Germany in the early 1930s. They're pushing anti-white racism. and socialism by the day. And let me give you the worst of it. Tell me more.
These are the things he is saying publicly with 100,000 people in the stadium. He says, kill the borough. One farmer, one bullet. We will slit the throat of whiteness.
These are the things he is saying publicly with 100,000 people in the stadium. He says, kill the borough. One farmer, one bullet. We will slit the throat of whiteness.
De Beers is sitting on a mountain of unsold diamonds. The best short in the world.
De Beers is sitting on a mountain of unsold diamonds. The best short in the world.
What a start. Can you do this every time?
What a start. Can you do this every time?
Sure. I was born in 1960 in Johannesburg, South Africa. I'm a fifth generation South African. My mother's side came from England and Scotland, and the relative that came to South Africa was in the British Army, and he finished the Indian Rebellion and came to South Africa to retire.
Sure. I was born in 1960 in Johannesburg, South Africa. I'm a fifth generation South African. My mother's side came from England and Scotland, and the relative that came to South Africa was in the British Army, and he finished the Indian Rebellion and came to South Africa to retire.
and my father's family um escaped eastern europe and russia and ended up in cape town and i was born into a very wealthy family because my grandfather and his buddy and business partner founded a company called angloval which in the 60s 70s and 80s was one of the top five mining industrial companies in south africa and i've had every privilege
and my father's family um escaped eastern europe and russia and ended up in cape town and i was born into a very wealthy family because my grandfather and his buddy and business partner founded a company called angloval which in the 60s 70s and 80s was one of the top five mining industrial companies in south africa and i've had every privilege
83, 84. By the way, South Africa did a major invasion of Angola in 85. And you're in at that time? Well, no, I'd finished by then. I'd done my two years. And I was an infantry officer. And then I came to America. I went to Goldman Sachs on Wall Street for two years, Harvard Business School, then worked for Rupert Murdoch as his right-hand man in New York. Literally? Literally. I carried his bag.
83, 84. By the way, South Africa did a major invasion of Angola in 85. And you're in at that time? Well, no, I'd finished by then. I'd done my two years. And I was an infantry officer. And then I came to America. I went to Goldman Sachs on Wall Street for two years, Harvard Business School, then worked for Rupert Murdoch as his right-hand man in New York. Literally? Literally. I carried his bag.
I went to every meeting. I helped write speeches. How did you get introduced to him? By your family? You want to know that story? Yeah, I do. I was dating a gorgeous redhead and I hadn't got a job lined up for, you know, everyone had done these interviews.
I went to every meeting. I helped write speeches. How did you get introduced to him? By your family? You want to know that story? Yeah, I do. I was dating a gorgeous redhead and I hadn't got a job lined up for, you know, everyone had done these interviews.
American redhead. New York redhead.