I wrote at https://www.reddit.com/r/southafrica/comments/14f31g3/the_future_of_rsouthafrica_survey_results/ that I’m more than happy to promote alternatives to reddit, but I wasn’t interested in managing those communities.

Most of the animosity towards r/southafrica are from people banned for blatant bigotry or racism. A few key these people took over r/RSA to use for “free speech” which means a safe space for them to talk fondly of the days of Apartheid and how the blacks have ruined the country.

The “Free Speech” that they wanted was what a decent person would call hate speech. However, even the r/RSA mods restricted “Free Speech” in their sub, so much so that r/SanitySouthAfrica (now banned for hate) was created by users banned or actioned by r/RSA.

r/southafrica has always been at the crossroads between extremists from all corners of the political spectrum. The anonymous nature of reddit means that these extremists feel comfortable expressing their hate. Beware it’ll come here soon enough.

And by the way, OP is angry at r/southafrica because they had a low effort discussion removed. https://www.reddit.com/r/southafrica/comments/1460bpg/real_political_party_pros_and_cons_excluding_anc/

With the elections coming up I find myself wanting to know more about the parties that I could vote for. I don’t want a bunch of propaganda, I’m looking for some of the best things these parties and their members have accomplished and also the worst. For those that will vote ANC or EFF, instead of commenting on those parties pros, focus on the opposition parties cons. I dont want to hear anything about ANC or EFF. Hopefully this can lead to some useful discussion.

Our policy on Discussions requires that the author adds their own thoughts and meet a minimum level of effort that they had missing here. They failed to do this, and their submission was removed and they got angry about it. Instead of addressing that or chatting with us, they moaned everywhere (including here) about this removal. But no, it’s “mod abuse”. And he’s sure that most r/southafrica aren’t even South African. That’s laughable.

I’ve extended this offer to anyone and everyone: Provide me a username and I’ll tell you exactly what they did to be sanctioned. Most who complain about being banned misrepresent exactly why they were banned.

nkunzi over here had a post removed (https://www.reddit.com/r/southafrica/comments/zakd8q/how_does_this_sub_differ_from_rrsa/) specifically on request by moderators from r/RSA, and a ban was included with that - I’m not sure why. The mod who did that deleted their account, so I can’t even see who that was. nkunzi, contact us please.

boetelezi was banned for “historical negationism”. Much like other subs have a hard line policy against holocaust denial, we have a similar policy against denying the horrors of apartheid. People like them yearn for the return to Apartheid. That’s “free speech” that I’m happy to not play host to. Dude seems obsessed with the ANC - see their history on reddit.

Anyways, beware of snakes in the grass. Amusingly depending on where they are on the political spectrum, we are left wing racists or right wing racists. None of the mods are ANC or EFF supporters, but people like OP would dispute that. We want what’s best for our country and happily remove toxic elements from our community.

I’m more than happy to share our approach to modding and our principles and philosophy. Reach out directly here or on reddit (I’m u/lovethebacon in case that isn’t obvious). I’ve been a part of the community for about 10 years and a mod for about 7 of them. And I am still happy to promote this community from r/southafrica, as long as you don’t provide a platform for hate to flourish.

We have enough hate in this world, and if hate’s agents want to accuse me of being guilty of mod abuse, well that’s a badge I gladly wear.