Word: afrikaanse
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The Afrikaans churches are shunned abroad, isolated at home
I hadn't realized how much the Afrikaaner Nationalist Party controls white lives in South Africa. The Dutch Reform Church has a firm grip on the Afrikaans populations, at least here in the heart of the Transvaal. And it has no qualms about legislating morality: there seems to be a...
With an overwhelming majority in South Africa's parliament, the National Party is secure in office. But some of its leaders could suffer permanent damage to their political careers and reputations. Largely because he flatly denied to parliament that government funds were involved in funding the Citizen, one leading...
In a brief, businesslike address to the country, speaking first in Afrikaans and then in English, Vorster, 62, declared that he was quitting his post as well as the leadership of the right-wing National Party, which has dominated South African politics for 30 years. He gave no reason, though...
Discovered by Portuguese seafarers in the 15th century, Walvis Bay was used as a staging base by 18th century New England whaling men (Walvis means whale in Afrikaans). The area was settled by British pioneers from Cape Town in 1843 and subsequently annexed by Britain; since 1910 it has been...