14 Facts About Dan Roodt

Daniel Francois Roodt was born on 26 May 1957 and is a South African author, publisher, and commentator.

Dan Roodt lectured at the University of Durban-Westville for a while, and in 1985 left South Africa for France to avoid conscription in the South African Defence Force.

Times LIVE said that in the 1980s, Dan Roodt was an anti-establishment anarchist, but that now "he is branded a right-wing reactionary" for his "vehement anti-ANC essays".

Dan Roodt has contributed articles to Focus, the journal of the liberal Helen Suzman Foundation, columns to American Renaissance, a white nationalist magazine, various scientific or academic journals in South Africa as well as a host of articles in South African newspapers.

Dan Roodt has appeared on television and radio talk shows in South Africa.

In May 2011 Dan Roodt stood for the Freedom Front Plus during the municipal elections as a candidate in Johannesburg, but was not elected.

Dan Roodt is the deputy leader and spokesperson of South African right-wing political party Front Nasionaal formed in late 2013 which promotes separatism and Afrikaner self-determination.

The Sunday newspaper Rapport reported on 8 February 2015 that Dan Roodt had been "voted out of the party" without him being aware of it.

Dan Roodt has strong views on the preservation of Afrikaans and Afrikaner culture, which has led to some controversy in the South African media.

Dan Roodt maintains a blog and the PRAAG website, commenting on issues in South Africa.

Dan Roodt regularly writes letters regarding political matters to various South African newspapers and the literary e-zine LitNet.

Dan Roodt's first novel, Sonneskyn en Chevrolet, is an anti-establishment commentary on South African society of that time.

Dan Roodt's first publication after Twee sinne is a critical essay on the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission entitled Om die Waarheidskommissie te vergeet.

In 2005 Dan Roodt released The Scourge of the ANC, a critique of the ANC, and of the former South African government under leadership of FW de Klerk.