volkstaat

... to be under threat. One of the central objectives that emerged as a focus of the mobilisation of the right-wing groups was the creation of a volkstaat. In some senses the initiatiave represented a hearkening back to the idea of the Boere republics, confiscated by the British and finally ...

... start a cultural/political movement with the aim of protecting the interests of Afrikaners, uniting the Boerevolk (Boer people) and establishing a volkstaat (nation-state). It was felt that Afrikaners did not share the same destiny as other whites in the country. A volkstaat would have a form ...

... Bombing sprees were simply campaigns of terror. The Committee heard that the primary objective of these campaigns was the establishment of a volkstaat. The strategy adopted was to bomb state property as well as residential areas, offices and facilities used by ANC supporters in order to ...

... Mr Piet Rudolph and Mr Eugene Terre’Blanche met with State President FW de Klerk and Mr Gerrit Viljoen in Pretoria to state their demand for a volkstaat and for self-determination. The unbanning of the liberation movements on 2 February 1990 sent shock waves through conservative and ...

... part of a right-wing cell called the National Socialist Partisans whose main aim was to prevent the ANC/SACP from taking over and to establish a volkstaat “through violent means”. They set out obtain weapons, funds and to establish bases for the “purposes of training internally as well ...

... 1994. The accord made provision for the inclusion in the interim Constitution of the principle of self-determination and the establishment of the Volkstaatraad. From amnesty applications it appears that AWB members had in mind a “conventional war” to “overthrow” the former (NP) ...

... ANC, SACP, UDF, PAC, NATIONAL PARTY AND OTHER GROUPS PERCEIVED NOT TO SUPPORT THE CONCEPT OF AFRIKANER SELF-DETERMINATION OR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A VOLKSTAAT. TO THAT END, THE MOVEMENT’S POLITICAL LEADERS AND MILITARY GENERALS ADVOCATED THE USE OF VIOLENCE IN PURSUIT OF THE MOVEMENT’S AIMS ...

best, to prevent the transition or, at the very least, to strengthen the bargaining position of those attempting to negotiate the establishment of a volkstaat. 506 The NP itself was sharply divided about the appropriate strategic direction and different agendas were pursued by different ...

... the chamber for more than two hours during which time they said prayers and sang “Die Stem”. Their representatives handed over demands for a volkstaat. There were some reports of white police mingling with the rightwingers. Sixty-six right-wingers were arrested in connection with the ...

... was the assassination of senior members of government and, at a later stage, members of the ANC. Its ultimate objective was the establishment of a volkstaat. Later the emphasis shifted to targeting members of the left wing who had, according to the applicant, ‘become too strong at that point ...

... groupings. The AWB was also persuaded to participate. Later the BWB and the BRL also supported the front . The front’s rallying call was for a volkstaat. 39. While the AWB fell in with the AV F, the latter’s formation in May 1993 came as a blow to Eugene Te r re’Blanche, who now found ...

... w e re underway. The right-wingers occupied the chamber for more than two hours singing Die Stem235 Their representatives handed over demands for a volkstaat. In the Bophuthatswana incident on 11 March 1994, Eugene Terre’Blanche mobilised a force of 600 AWB members following an appeal by ...

... one – as a government without principle to whom they could not trust the governance of the country. He and his organisation were in favour of a volkstaat for the Afrikaner and were prepared to fight for it, even outside the law. 249. The Committee considered the evidence of the two applicants ...

... SACP, UDF, PAC, National party and other groups perceived not to support the concept of Afrikaner self-determination or the establishment of a volkstaat, to that end, the movement’s political leaders and military generals advocated the use of violence in pursuit of the movement’s aims ...

... before the Amnesty Committee that the AWB procured weapons for the IFP as it was believed that the IFP could help the AWB realise its ideal of a volkstaat. He testified that the AWB leadership approved these actions. Anderson stated in his application that the homemade guns were hidden by an ...

... was granted observer status at the multi-party negotiations. 217 Afrikaner Freedom Foundation . 218 Orania was envisaged as the growth point of a volkstaat that would stretch over a large part of the arid north western Cape Province. Orania has a population of about 350, including Mrs Betsie ...