Meet the man ready to be president of an independent Northern Cape DFANEWSPAPER
Kimberley - The 21-year-old man who suggested selling the Northern Cape to Namibia for R420 billion to cover Eskom’s debt, told the DFA on Wednesday that he would consider running for president, should the Northern Cape gain independence from South Africa. Aidan van Niekerk, a maths student at Unisa, who lives in Cape Town, started the petition, titled “Sell the Northern Cape to Namibia for R420 billion to erase Eskom’s debt” on change.org last week.
“Namibia’s government will do a far better job supporting the NC. Need the desert for solar, can sell back to Eskom,” Jan Steenkamp wrote. “Mboweni was discussing the unbundling of Eskom and I had a light-bulb moment - sell the Northern Cape to Namibia instead. I crunched some numbers and worked out that the Northern Cape was worth about R420 billion - coincidently the same amount Eskom was in debt for,” Van Niekerk said.
He said that while he did received a barrage of hate mail the overwhelming response, even from Northern Cape residents, was positive, with thousands supporting the idea. “We have some good news. Due to overwhelming requests, we have designed official merchandise. All proceeds will go to the funding of a border wall between South Africa and what will be known as Southern Namibia ,” van Niekerk wrote on the official “Sell Northern Cape to Namibia to erase Eskom’s debt” Facebook page.
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