AfriForum CEO Kallie Kriel says people have tried to hack into his X account.
Kriel said there were four attempts over 48 hours to gain unlawful access to his profile.
He said authentication codes were sent to him during the early morning hours, which showed that someone was trying to access the account.
“For the record: there have been four attempts over the last 48 hours to gain unlawful access to my X account,” Kriel said in a post on the platform.
He added that two-factor authentication stopped the attempted logins.
Backlash follows online post
Kriel’s post sparked criticism from some social media users.
Some argued that attempted account access is common on X and that the AfriForum CEO was not being singled out.
The attempted breaches come while Kriel remains in the public spotlight over AfriForum’s political and legal campaigns.
He has been involved in efforts to challenge the Expropriation Act and has also advocated for the United States to target individual ANC politicians instead of sanctioning South Africa as a country.
US lobbying in focus
Kriel was part of an AfriForum and Solidarity Movement delegation that met senior representatives of the Trump administration in Washington, D.C., in February 2025.
The trip followed a diplomatic crisis after a US executive order threatened to freeze aid and remove South Africa from a key trade agreement.
The delegation presented its “Washington Memorandum” and pushed for targeted pressure rather than broad economic sanctions.
The order criticised South Africa over the Expropriation Act, its foreign policy, and claims linked to the “white genocide” narrative.
Afrikaner rights campaign continues
Kriel is known for his work through AfriForum on Afrikaner rights, Afrikaans education, property rights and rural safety.
He has campaigned against expropriation without compensation and race-based laws, arguing that they undermine property rights and discriminate against minorities.
In July 2026, Kriel and other Afrikaner leaders met US Ambassador L. Brent Bozell III in Pretoria.
They submitted proposals on improving relations between South Africa and the United States.
Kriel said the relationship would not be repaired through words alone, but through concrete steps.
He said the discussions included cultural and racial discrimination, property rights, farm murders, rural safety and calls for the “Kill the Boer” slogan to be condemned by government.