Om ruim in Afrika te leef by Hein Willemse

“…The association between Afrikaans and Afrikaner nationalism became so ingrained that discursively, the language became the exclusive domain of the Afrikaners. …”
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Determining differential item functioning and its effect on the test scores of selected pib indexes, using item response theory techniques by Pieter Schaap

“…Die Potential Index Batteries (PIB) se Engelse Woordeskat (Index 12) en Spellingtoetse (Index 22) is ten opsigte van blanke, swart en gekleurde Suid-Afrikaners ontleed. Itemresponsteorie (IRT) is gebruik om items te identifiseer wat as sydig (DIP) vir die onderskeie rassegroepe beskou kan word.…”
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Politieke koersaanduiding in <i>Koers</i>, 1933-1961 by P. de Klerk

“…The political direction of Koers, 1933-1961 The journal Koers was founded in 1933 by Afrikaner Calvinists of the Potchefstroom University College for Christian Higher Education. …”
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OP DIE WYSE VAN VADER JAKOB by Editorial Team Militaria

“…Broeder Andrew, 'n bekende evangel is, het by geleentheid Suid-Afrikaners beskuldig dat hulle 'slaap'; dat Suid-Afrika 'slaap'. …”
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Examining the Role of Vocational Education and Training within Black Economic Empowerment by Jantije Xaba

“…Before 1994, vocational education and training (VET) was the foundation of apartheid industrial and social programmes to alleviate poverty, particularly amongst poor white Afrikaners. Even today, skills development remains one of the government policies used to promote economic growth and address a range of developmental problems. …”
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Sudáfrica a inicios del siglo XX: la Posguerra Sudafricana by Hilda Varela

“…Si bien se ha escrito mucho acerca del papel jugado por Milner en el estallido de la guerra, algunos autores tienden a pasar por alto su importancia en la formación del pensamiento racista moderno y la segregación, así como su pretensión de convertir a Sudáfrica en bastión del capitalismo y en “el país del hombre blanco”, con base en la alianza hegemónica entre afrikáners y británicos. Este artículo plantea que aunque la denominada “era Milner” fue sumamente breve —desde 1901 hasta su salida de Sudáfrica en 1905— su impacto en la modernización de la explotación racista fue decisivo en el futuro sudafricano en las siguientes décadas.…”
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CV Bate, grondlegger van die Potchefstroom Herald by H.S. Gouws, Johannes D. Froneman

“…Subsequent to Bate’s retirement, his papers fell into the hands of Afrikaners who eventually transformed the Potchefstroom Herald into a predominantly Afrikaans publication. …”
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Paul Kruger – ’n ‘Dopper’ van sy tyd? by Piet J. Strauss

“…In the development of this image, he also became an honoured prototype of an Afrikaner for his fellowmen. Kruger was born and bred in the North Eastern Cape as a member of that element of Afrikaners which became known as the ‘Doppers’. …”
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The place of English in relation to other languages in South Mrica by Kathleen Heugh

“…Dit is onwaarskynllk dat dit die belange van die meerderheid Suid-Afrikaners optimaal sal dien. Twee gevallestudies (Zimbabwe en Nigerie) word gebmik om hierdie standpunt te ondersk:ryf. …”
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Work-related concerns of South Africans living with HIV and AIDS by Dianne Maloon, Freddie Crous, Anne Crafford

“…In die lig hiervan is ’n kwalitatiewe studie uitgevoer ten einde die werkverwante besorgdhede van swart Suid-Afrikaners met HIV en Vigs, te ondersoek. Semi-gestruktureerde onderhoude met 22 deelnemers het aan die lig gebring dat werkverwante besorgdhede moeilik, buite die konteks van algemene finansiële beperkinge en verhoudingsvraagstukke, te verstaan is. …”
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Die historisiteit van resente Afrikaanse historiese fiksie oor die Anglo-Boereoorlog by Fransjohan Pretorius

“…Themes from this war that lend themselves superbly to be woven into historical novels and short stories, are the concentration camps (where 28 000 Boer civilians died); the bitterness that plagued Afrikaners in the aftermath of the war; the pride in Boer heroism on the battlefield; important historical figures; treason that lurked in Boer ranks; the relations, usually fraught, with the British, with black people, with fellow-burghers and those with Boer women, often at an individual level. …”
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Re-reading J.M. Coetzee’s Dusklands: by Elham Hossain

“…Through the portrayal of America’s war in Vietnam in the first segment of Dusklands and Afrikaner’s colonial incursions in South Africa in the second segment of the same text, Coetzee questions the versions of historical truth. …”
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Reflections on the renewed significance of Huguenot thought by Marie P. Charles

“…It is pointed out that the Afrikaner “bourgeois” people can be regarded as being perhaps the only remaining bourgeois people still in a progressive period o f their civilization. …”
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Gereformeerde Theologie in Zuid-Afrika by K. H. Groot

“…Ik leerde anders om te gaan met de Schrift en met de theologie en ik begreep beter, wat bedoeld wordt met “gereformeerde theologie”, de theologie, waar de blanke Calvinistische Afrikaners zo trots op zijn, waar ze zo veel over praten en zo weinig van weten”.…”
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South Africa’s journey to full status on the International Rugby Football Board, 1906–1958 by Wouter J. De Wet

“…Important, too, was the effect of internal politics as nationalist Afrikaners steadily gained control over white South African rugby – and the country at large – from the 1940s onward. …”
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Ouderling en Oud-Ouderling Sarel Cilliers by Piet J. Strauss

“…Apart from that the article sheds light on truthful understanding of the vow of Afrikaners at Blood River in 1838. This matter remains a point of discussion in recent times.…”
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The Dutch Reformed Church as a prominent established South African church: In transition towards the 21st century by Pieter Kruger, Johan M. van der Merwe

“…The ongoing process of Africanisation that accompanies these transformations brings certain reactions to the bosom of the church via the experiences of its members. Most are Afrikaners being more inclined to westernised social frames of reference. …”
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Vrae rondom die tradisionele bena- dering van die Afrikaanse taalbewe-gings by L. T. du Plessis

“…The latter succeeded because of the immense success of Afrikaner nationalist politics, not because of the beauty or so-called "wonder” of the Afrikaans language, as is often believed. …”
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Die Algemene Sinode van die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk van 1990 en die Gelofte van 1838 by Piet J. Strauss

“…The Dutch Reformed Church as a church consisting of mainly Afrikaners, was confronted by a new societal dispensation and a new government in South Africa in and after 1994. …”
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Die Anglo-Boereoorlog (1899-1902) in die Afrikaanse letterkunde: ’n geheelperspektief by André Wessels

“…Attention is drawn to the fact that the upsurge in Afrikaner nationalism in the 1930s (and later) went hand-in-hand with the publication of Anglo-Boer War novels. …”
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