Posted on 09/24/2005 12:47:42 AM PDT by Republic_of_Secession.
The Boer Afrikaners of the northern regions of South Africa -ie: the region where the former Boer Republics were once established- were generally considered more conservative & republican than those especially in the Western Cape.
Is this still true?
A recent growing emergence of Boer nationalism among educated & different classes as a result of their increasinly dire circumstances would suggest that past political differences might be yielding in the face of a growing collective threat.
Too little too late.
The march to take their land, shops and stores is backed by the "Law of the Land" and the World Court of opinion thinks is just fine to shaft the evil rich.
The Boers are too spread out and too few to stage a successful "revolt". They stand out in a local crowd and if they did start something it would be open season on all whites.
Just another sad event in the toilet bowl of Africa.
Always been nationalistic. My ex was even when he came here to America for a better job in the late 70s.
Well they do have a rightful place there. The thing I find strange is that Australia really courts the Afrikaner
professionals wanting to leave SA. If you are poor, forget about it! How about defending people's' right to live in their own country? My best friend got through and is leaving at the end of this month. Her best luck is that her husband is a doctor.
It's a damn shame (seriously), but you are right, and so...
This post "boers" me.
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