Comments on: Unanswered letters & the second Great Trek

By: Kameraad Mhambi

Kameraad Mhambi — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:37:12 +0000

I strongly disagree that “Dreaming about a volkstaat is nostalgia for the old days.”

The South African right has up to now not been enthusiastic about the idea at all. And so has middleclass whites, precisely because it will end white’s privileged position. Have a look at the map of the volkstaat, is that in Sandton? Is it on top of gold mines? Is it on fertile soil?

On what I have heard of Oranja it is quite unlike anything that resembles apartheid SA.

By: beebop

beebop — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:49:06 +0000

If I were living in South Africa I’d be more worried about being a woman than being an Afrikaner. Perhaps it is expectation or feeling entitled.
Dreaming about a volkstaat is nostalgia for the old days.

By: Kameraad Mhambi

Kameraad Mhambi — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:36:53 +0000

Considering our recent history, it won’t surprise me at all if ‘brown’ or ‘coloured’ Afrikaners don’t want to be part of the Afrikaner volk.

But that does not mean that Afrikaners have to shut the door on them. Which is very important.

As to your first point “Why Afrikaners are the only little group that needs special consideration”.

I think its fair to say that the majority of Afrikaners thought exactly that. They in the safety of the constitution they could give up on yearnings for special consideration.

But trust is the new dispensation has eroded. Not a surprise really considering the last 10 years

Beebop, you say we are all protected by the constitution. Do you really believe that you are?

As for Afrikaners or whites in general the situation is only slightly more dire. In what sense? In the sense that they are not seen as African.

But for other South African the situation is not great either. The difference perhaps then is the level of expectations?

By: Beebop

Beebop — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:14:23 +0000

Why Afrikaners are the only little group that needs special consideration, I’ve never understood. And listening to Pik, I just dunno . . .

I’ve never met a ‘brown’ Afrikaner in my life to wants be part of the Afrikaner volk, but so many Afrikaners seem to write about this desire.

To have expected the ANC negotiators to include a clause to protect Afrikaner rights would have been a lot to ask even of Jesus.

We’re all protected under the constitution. The conversation should be about making the constitution work.