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Afrikaner

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1. Afrikaner - Noun

2. Afrikaner - Adjective

Meaning

a white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans

belonging or relating to white people of South Africa whose ancestors were Dutch or to their language

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The idea of an Afrikaner people as a cultural entity and religious group with a special language will be retained in South Africa as long as civilisation stands. Pieter Willem Botha

The security and happiness of all minority groups in South Africa depend on the Afrikaner. Whether they are English- or German- or Portuguese- or Italian-speaking, or even Jewish-speaking, makes no difference. Pieter Willem Botha

There is only one element that can break the Afrikaner ... and that is the Afrikaner himself. Pieter Willem Botha

I am tired of constantly hearing how guilty the Afrikaner and the National Party are and the time has come that this myth be crushed. Pieter Willem Botha

Lord Milner had, in the forced Peace of Vereeniging ensured that there was to be no franchise for black people after the introduction of self-government – which was never intended. It was only after half a century that an Afrikaner government started doing something about black rights. Pieter Willem Botha

I'm a Christian. I'm a South African. I'm an Afrikaner. I'm a lawyer. I love my country, and I think that this country has a great future. In that sense of the word, I`m a practical idealist. F. W. de Klerk

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