{"id":11898,"date":"2025-09-11T16:32:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T14:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/?p=11898"},"modified":"2025-09-11T16:32:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T14:32:50","slug":"afriforum-youth-mourns-the-murder-of-charlie-kirk-lays-wreath-at-american-embassy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/en\/afriforum-youth-mourns-the-murder-of-charlie-kirk-lays-wreath-at-american-embassy\/","title":{"rendered":"AfriForum Youth mourns the murder of Charlie Kirk, lays wreath at American Embassy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Louis-Boshoff_11-September-2025_ENG-1.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Soundbite: Louis Boshoff (English)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Louis-Boshoff_11-September-2025_AFR-1.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Soundbite: Louis Boshoff (Afrikaans)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AfriForum Youth mourns the death of Charlie Kirk, a critical voice in the promotion of conservative political thought, especially among Western youth, who was murdered in an assassination attack on a university campus in Utah in the US yesterday afternoon. The youth organisation laid a wreath today at the American Embassy in Pretoria as a sign of deep sympathy for the Kirk family and his loved ones.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In AfriForum Youth\u2019s tribute to Kirk, the organisation honoured the skill and tact that he displayed in public discussions and considers the late activist an inspiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cKirk is remembered for his unwavering faith and steadfast character, which he often demonstrated under pressure during interviews and debates. His love for his family and young people everywhere also serves as an example for us. Our prayer is that his loved ones may find comfort in the Lord, as promised to us in 2 Corinthians 1:3: \u201cBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort who comforts us in all our tribulation,\u201d reads the rest of AfriForum Youth\u2019s tribute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Louis Boshoff, AfriForum Youth Spokesperson, Kirk\u2019s murder is a wake-up call that points to a global intolerance towards conservative thinking. \u201cLocally, institutions and individuals who challenge leftist beliefs are also subject to fierce criticism and are repeatedly criticised, on an unfounded basis, for racism or a yearning for a return to apartheid. However, Kirk has proven through his debates, especially with young people of diverse schools of thought, that the conservative voice must be heard and that well-founded arguments will prevail in a world where a woke agenda is often imposed on young people,\u201d explains Boshoff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfriForum Youth mourns the death of Charlie Kirk, a critical voice in the promotion of conservative political thought, especially among Western youth, who was murdered&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":109,"featured_media":11905,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[864,465],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afriforum-youth-media-statements","category-media-statements"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":864,"label":"AfriForum Youth Media statements"},{"value":465,"label":"Media statements"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Charlie-Kirk_11-Sept-2025-1-1024x768.jpg",1024,768,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"ilze.nieuwoudt@afriforum.co.za","author_link":"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/en\/author\/ilze-nieuwoudtafriforum-co-za\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":864,"name":"AfriForum Youth Media statements","slug":"afriforum-youth-media-statements","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":864,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":465,"count":63,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0","cat_ID":864,"category_count":63,"category_description":"","cat_name":"AfriForum Youth Media statements","category_nicename":"afriforum-youth-media-statements","category_parent":465},{"term_id":465,"name":"Media statements","slug":"media-statements","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":465,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":223,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0","cat_ID":465,"category_count":223,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Media statements","category_nicename":"media-statements","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"fimg_url":"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Charlie-Kirk_11-Sept-2025-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/109"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11907,"href":"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11898\/revisions\/11907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}