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Hoofstuk 2: Die oorsprong van die apartheidsverhaal
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practice whites have learnt to live with a degree of affirmative action and now, however
grudgingly, see it as normal in the workplace” (Johnson, S. 2000:elektroniese bron).
3.1.8 Samevatting
Oorsese koerantopskrifte soos Darkness in the Rainbow Nation, Crying for the Beloved
Country en Is there a future for the white tribe of Africa? (aangehaal in Smith 2006:36)
gee iets weer van die bekommernis waarmee baie Suid-Afrikaners saamleef. Op ʼn blog
stel iemand met die Afrikaanse naam van Anton Barnard (2010:elektroniese bron) sy
frustrasie so ten toon:
I am sure that the large majority of whites, Afrikaans or Englishspeaking,
would agree that South Africa under ANC rule has become a
nightmarish, third-world hell-hole, replete with uneducated tin-pot
megalomaniacs screaming down the roads in blue-light convoys, often
mowing down innocent pedestrians, corruption, anarchy, decaying
infrastructure, rubbish in the streets, heretofore unknown levels of
violent crime, as well as the quasi-religion of state racism, known as
transformation (a.k.a. ethnic cleansing) aimed against whites in the
form of affirmative action and BEE.
Of almal heeltemal so ver sal gaan om dit te stel soos Barnard hierbo, is te betwyfel.
Wat wel waar is, is dat ten minste sommige wit mense begin twyfel aan die woorde van
Nelson Mandela (1994:elektroniese bron) in sy inhuldigingstoespraak in 1994:
We enter into a covenant that we shall build a society in which all South
Africans, both black and white, will be able to walk tall, without any fear
in their hearts, assured of their inalienable right to human dignity – a
rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world.
3.2 Ontnugter
As onseker die woord oor die toekoms is, dan is ontnugter die woord oor die verlede.
Vroeg in Mei 2001 skryf Chris Louw ʼn ope brief in Beeld aan Willem de Klerk in reaksie
op De Klerk (2000) se boek Afrikaners: Kroes, kras, kordaat. Waar De Klerk hom rig tot
die “jong Afrikaners” om hulle “te naelstring in Afrikanerwees” (De Klerk 2000:6),