Another wheel comes off 'Afrikaans is Groot' as Toyota pulls sponsorship

JOHANNESBURG - Toyota South Africa has announced it has pulled its sponsorship of the Afrikaans is Groot music festival.

Any ideas on how to deal with this stubborn @ToyotaSA ! They support racism and we must show them! @DStv withdrew, @CocaCola also withdrew as well as @MTNza! Today @emerald_resort stopped the so called singer from performing at their resorts! #Toyota https://t.co/brTFOAO6XJ — Nigel_Branken March 20, 2019 "Toyota South Africa Motors and the organisers of Afrikaans is Groot have amicably agreed to discontinue their sponsorship association as of March 2019 – which also marked the end of the 2018 AIG season. Both parties have honoured their contractual agreements since 2015, Toyota said in a statement released on Tuesday.

This is blatant and open war on afrikaners.

It's incredible that one artist that has a passion for fighting the rights of a language and culture has such a effect on people can you imagine if we actually did put up a fight what would happen

That's easy just boikot the magazines

This is great news, now the white afrikaners will again stand strong on thier own, we will build and show this useless racists we dont need them

You so lame Huisgenoot. Regtig.

Suddenly all SA news and companies sponsored AIG 😂😂 Can we have a list?

You go Steve! Ons get hulle nie nodig nie!

KTHopkins everything and anything that goes up must come down. Get off that high horse because even the mighty do fall

This is unfortunate as its going against the grain for the fictious OneSAforAll of the Our_DA. They have not commented their stance or I admit to missing. Though it is disingenuous to not acknowledge existing racial divides and the desire from both sides to sustain.

Leadership Lesufi Siyabulela 👊🏿

What a time 2 be alive😅😅😅

Sentletse AdriaanBasson will be really upset

Good

Yho kubi

Why? What’s going on? Asking for a friend here...

Ku bird bird 😂🤣😂

EFFexplained Dai Afrikaans is Groot is nou Afrikaans is Klein I see...😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Going, going gone!!!

Seems like Ou Steve raak n bietjie fokon duur vir AIG?!

AL die sponsor kan maar loop hulle is nie nodig nie 80% van die geld Kom in deur kartjies verkope. AIG is daar om na musiek te Luister nie om n Toyota te ry en n huisgenoot te lees nie. Almal lewe in die verlede die land gaan nie voorentoe gaan gaan as ons so redeneer nie.

That fakenews took so long to make that choice points to sepfpreservation Not genuine concern. Like toyota or mtn their only real concern is profits and the black majority have the most power to end it. Fake racist standard being set here.

I was about to delete the News24 NewsAPP on my phone...now I see a reason to keep it.

Good gesture, isolate racists

They should never sponsor racism.....

That is how you fight racism cut it life support

Yikes... 😬

This is a conundrum..an Afrikaans white supremacist media house pulling out an Afrikaner Supremacist event.... the gods must be crazy.. Oom Eugene T must be turning in his grave with his khakis

Kwaaaak kwaaak

Dankie Media24...

We salute you Lesufi , you provided leadership on this racist man.

The print media is on its last legs and don’t have money....job losses at Newspaper houses tell the true story .....

Time to Boikot them all

Lesufi we are led leadership. Thanks for this initiative

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