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Originally Posted by Plethon

But in Transvaal and Oranje there are Afrikaners.

Yes. But I thought that we were speaking of the province of KwaZulu-Natal.

There are also Afrikaners in the Cape province. A noticeable Afrikaner town there is Stellenbosch. These were called Liberal Afrikaners, descendents of the Afrikaners who refused to join the Groot Trek and remained under British rule.

Really? I always understood the struggle between ANC and Inkhata as the ethnic antagonism between the Xhosas and the Zulus.

Same thing. Xhosas are the most present and influent tribal group in the ANC. Nelson Mandela too is a Xhosa.

But there are others (Tswanas, Vendas, Sothos), and even Zulus. Chief Buthelezi himself was once in the ANC.

I suppose that the governments of Apartheid days had something to do with the abandoning of Buthelezi of the ANC, as the Inkatha was not outlawed like the ANC.

It is also interesting to notice that as president of the Inkatha Freedom Party, Buthelezi allied with the right-wing Vryheidsfront of General Constand Viljoen in a coalition.

I am aware of their Calvinist mentality of chosenitism, but had no idea that Herzog was a Jew.

It is a distinctive Jewish surname.

This could well explain the later involvment of South African Jews in anti-Apartheid movements, as in the case of the famous Jewish exile from Lithuania named Slovo.

I don't see how. Besides, Apartheid was closely linked to Jewish interests. The very way in which the Apartheid was designed owed much to Jewish influence.

There was never an intention to create separate nations. The so-called Bantustans were a mere joke. They granted independence to territories which were too ridiculous to be self-sufficient, and in this way they reduced the official numbers of the Black population. These independent states provided the South African industry a guest immigrant workforce, at cheaper prices, and for which the South African government did not have to provide any attention.

Judge by yourself:

The chosenitism wrecked them, now they have to devise some new plan to secure their ethnic survival.

Orania. But it is an uncertain future. I feel sorry for them.