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Is there tolerance in SA for Afrikaners?

 

We publish some pictures on this page illustrating the lack of tolerance for Afrikaner rights in SA right now…

  • Also: a ‘notice of intention’ was filed on September 22 2009 in the Cape Town High Court to sue the SA government et al to ‘recognise the desperate circumstances’ of South Africa’s more than 800,000 ‘internally-displaced, unrepresented “white” (Afrikaner) refugees whose basic human rights to survival are being ignored by the ANC-regime and the international community.
  • http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2009/09/sa-sued-over-white-refugees-emergency.html

Sept 23 2009 -- Dr. Pieter Mulder, Leader of the Freedom Front Plus and Deputy Minister of Agriculture, asks on South Africa’s ‘heritage day’ whether there is a place for tolerance for everyone in South Africa – Afrikaners included?

Mulder: “Two viewpoints have been heard from government circles about this in the past decade. The one viewpoint was developed by the Thabo Mbeki intellectuals and was again recently voiced by (theologan)  Dr. Nico Smith (TV Focus 20 Sept 2009).

‘The ‘stupid Afrikaners’ now are trapped…’

  • This  Mbeki-view is in short the following: “Europeans came from Europe to colonize Africa. When they started experiencing opposition from the local inhabitants, the French, the Belgians, the Portuguese and the English went back to Europe. The stupid Afrikaners did not realize the crisis, missed the bus and are now trapped in South Africa. That is why they should be tolerated as “Settlers of a special kind”. They however should not make any waves or put any demands to the rulers. “Be reasonable, see it our way”, a clever ANC negotiator tried to convince me,” Dr Mulder said.

To illustrate the ‘Mbeki-viewpoint’ this following YouTube clip was a statement about ‘whinging whites’ made by one of Mbeki’s Ministers in Parliament:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2QK1PBZo5Y

He said that this (Mbeki-)viewpoint was unacceptable to him – it’s “historically inaccurate and moreover, creates more problems than it resolves.”

Afrikaners are true South Africans who have no other passports…

“The other government viewpoint is the Jacob Zuma and Matthews Phosa view. In interviews Mr. Zuma, described Afrikaans speakers as “true South Africans whose language is not spoken anywhere else in the world and who do not have any other passports and who have to come into their own right here.” (Beeld 3/4/2009). VIEW HIS SPEECH ON YOUTUBE:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_Bnp72Tft8
  • “Naturally this view has also led to some reactions. The future will show to which extent this view was only electioneering and how it will be applied in practice. This view is however more realistic and acceptable,” says Mulder, who is one of the only three Afrikaner MPs representing his party in parliament.

We aren’t colonists and have no motherland to escape to:

“Unlike the French in Algiers, Afrikaners do not have a motherland that will take care of it or to whereto they could escape.

  • “Afrikaners are not colonialists but citizens with rights. There demands around affirmative action, minority rights, the place of Afrikaans as a language, self-determination etc. are reasonable an in line with the latest international tendencies.”

There are Europeans who live very well as individuals in African countries such as Kenya and the Ivory Coast. They however put their money in banks in Switzerland, enjoy holidays in Spain and send their children to schools in Britain. This is colonialism and adheres to the criticism of Dr. Nico Smith.

“Afrikaners’ position is different. They have made a huge contribution to help make South Africa the strongest country in Africa.

  • “As a result, Mr. Zuma becomes the only representative from Africa to be invited to attend the G20 Summit.

Afrikaners want to survive as a community in Africa:

“Afrikaners are still making a contribution because we know that if the South African ship sinks, we all sink together. But Afrikaners also demand more than the individuals in Kenya and the Ivory Coast. We want to survive as a community in Africa. A community has its own communal life; has schools and universities where their language and culture is carried over to the next generation without any discrimination against them.

“Is it asked too much to be one's self in Africa?” Dr Mulder asks.

“ If you have to sacrifice yourself to be accepted and to survive in Africa, then the price is too high. Remember, to cling to a piece of driftwood in the sea after a disaster, is also a very primitive form of survival.”

“Everything mentioned above however does not mean that Afrikaners can just continue as they have up to now. A debate as to how Afrikaners have to adapt, is a more sensible debate than a demand that Afrikaners have to sacrifice everything for survival.”

Here follows four guidelines for such a debate:

1. In looking for answers, Afrikaners have to scale down their expectations and put forward realistic demands.

  • Some Afrikaners are hoping for an instant solution where for example the ANC breaks up or at the next election is defeated at the polls. Deeply underlying to this is an effort to have something of the old order re-instated. It will not work like this.

Other Afrikaners again are hoping for a total collapse of the country – the sooner the better. The mistake in their reasoning is that they believe that after such a collapse the old order can be re-instated again. The opposite will happen. After such a collapse, South Africa will most probably be stuck with a military junta by one of the new generals and no constitution or other protective mechanism.

  • “The lesson that most Afrikaners still have to learn is that the Afrikaner, after the events of 1994, has to bring its expectations and demands in line with its own numbers, with its real economic power and its capability to retain that which it has.”

2. In searching for solutions for its continued existence in Africa, the solution has to be modern and fair toward others – but also fair towards the Afrikaner.

  • “Our situation is not as unique as most people want to make it out to be. In the world there are many modern examples of how minority groups’ languages, cultures and other needs can be accommodated sensibly. Political correctness has lead to an avoidance debating this issue.”

3. The Afrikaner has to make peace with Africa and the fact that he is in Africa.

  • “The future of Afrikaans and the Afrikaner will not be decided in Europe, Canada or Australia, but in Africa.
  • “The Afrikaner is quick to say that he is from Africa, but his actions often indicate the opposite. There is no way the Afrikaner can escape the realities of Africa and also that which he does not like. Leaving Africa could be a solution for individuals but not for a whole community.
  • To make peace with Africa does not mean giving up our Western cultural roots. It does however mean that the Afrikaner identifies with the problems of Africa and with its expertise play a unique role in Africa.”

4. The Afrikaner will have to create its own future and not put its hope in a government or other groups to rescue it.

  • On the one hand it is irresponsible to wait passively for the government to solve all the problems. On the other hand, a government does not have to be a stumbling block. A wise government can, through cooperation and negotiation, make it easier for itself and for such a minority group to live sensibly and make a contribution in the interest of all.””

Mr Zuma’s supporters will also have to adapt, he warns…

“Just like many Afrikaners still have to adapt, many of Mr. Zuma’s supporters still have to adapt too,’ he warns.

  • “ Too many Cabinet Ministers and ANC supporters still choose the Mbeki viewpoint (referring to Afrikaners as colonists), as their comments clearly show.
  • “ It is a more popular viewpoint in speeches and can be used very easily to explain problems and to point the Afrikaner and/or white people out as the scapegoat for everything. It however does not bring any solutions.”

To contact Dr Mulder: the FF Plus phone number in South Africa is (27) (0) 861 700 700

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