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  • proper noun Plural of Afrikaner.

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Examples

  • Hartzenberg said the defections coincided with a new resolve in his party to unite what he described as Afrikaners around the idea of self-determination.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

  • Voorsitter - die oorgrootte meerderheid Suid-Afrikaners is dit eens met die regering dat grondhervorming belangrik en onomkeerbaar is, maar daar is wel nog 'n minderheid wat dit teenstaan.

    African National Congress Parliamentary Caucus 2007

  • The worst feature of this tendency is that it may utterly alienate the Afrikaners from the compromise that has been carefully constructed to allow all to participate in the New South Africa.

    SA Enjoys It While it Can 2007

  • The worst feature of this tendency is that it may utterly alienate the Afrikaners from the compromise that has been carefully constructed to allow all to participate in the New South Africa.

    Archive 2007-10-21 2007

  • Ek besef dat Potchefstroomse Universiteit nie meer uitsluitlik vir Afrikaners is nie, maar laat my tog toe om 'n paar woorde spesifiek te rig aan die tradisionele gemeenskap van die universiteit.

    SPEECH AT POTCHEFSTROOM UNIVERSITY 1996

  • Ek besef dat Potchefstroomse Universiteit nie meer uitsluitlik vir Afrikaners is nie, maar laat my tog toe om 'n paar woorde spesifiek te rig aan die tradisionele gemeenskap van die universiteit.

    MANDELA TOESPRAAK IN DIE POTCHEFSTROOM UNIVERSITEIT 1996

  • Ek besef dat Potchefstroomse Universiteit nie meer uitsluitlik vir Afrikaners is nie, maar laat my tog toe om 'n paar woorde spesifiek te rig aan die tradisionele gemeenskap van die universiteit.

    TOESPRAAK DEUR PRESIDENT NELSON R MANDELA TYDENS 'N BESOEK AAN POTCHEFSTROOM UNIVERSITEIT 1996

  • He called on Mr Mandela to acknowledge that there was a distinct nation called the Boers -- as opposed to "Afrikaners" -- and that the Boers had a right to land, just as any other nation had.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1993

  • Well, unlike the European Zionist settlers, the Afrikaners are actually real Africans.

    Matthew Yglesias » Ehud Barak: Peace or Apartheid 2010

  • Well, unlike the European Zionist settlers, the Afrikaners are actually real Africans.

    Matthew Yglesias » Ehud Barak: Peace or Apartheid 2010

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