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Word: combrick (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reform measures will prepare the way for black majority rule. Declares H.N.P. Leader Jaap Marais: "Botha is stimulating racial frictions by creating expectations. It implants the idea that the existing order is not legitimate." He adds, "We have a kaffirboetie government," using Afrikaans slang for "nigger lover." Says Gert Combrick, a white mine worker: "Today they are ventilation officers and electricians. In a few years I'll have a black manager, and I won't work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa: Specter at the Celebration | 6/15/1981 | See Source »

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