Afrikaners
South African ethnic group
Afrikaners are white South Africans descended primarily from Dutch, German, and French Huguenot settlers who arrived in the Cape region beginning in the 17th century.
They speak Afrikaans, a language derived from Dutch, and historically maintained a distinct cultural identity centered on Calvinist religious traditions and agricultural life.
The term carries significant historical weight due to Afrikaners' role in establishing and maintaining apartheid, the system of racial segregation that governed South Africa until 1994.
Colonial southern African struggle
- TransvaalHistoric South African province
- Orange Free StateFormer South African province
- kommandoMilitary strike unit
- burgherProsperous urban resident
Cured dried meat snack
South African administrative capital
- JohannesburgSouth Africa's economic hub
- Cape TownSouth African legislative capital
- Kruger National ParkSouth African game reserve
- Table MountainFlat-topped South African summit
Durban · Free State · dorp
Early South African tongue
- bilingualismProficiency in two languages
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- creoleNativized pidgin tongue
- GermanicOf Teutonic language stock
Anglo-Boer War
Colonial southern African struggle
- TransvaalHistoric South African province
- Orange Free StateFormer South African province
- kommandoMilitary strike unit
burgher · veld · Mauser · farmstead · laager · Boer War · Kruger
biltong
Cured dried meat snack
Pretoria
South African administrative capital
- JohannesburgSouth Africa's economic hub
- Cape TownSouth African legislative capital
- Kruger National ParkSouth African game reserve
Table Mountain · Durban · Free State · dorp
apartheid
Racial separation policy
Cape Dutch
Early South African tongue
- bilingualismProficiency in two languages
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- creoleNativized pidgin tongue
- South AfricaCape Town, Johannesburg, Nelson Mandela, Pretoria, Durban
- South African Historyapartheid, Nelson Mandela, Mandela, Soweto, Sharpeville
- South AfricansNelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Mandela, Steve Biko, Winnie Mandela
- Southern African PeoplesZulu, Xhosa, Swazi, Shona, Bantu
- AfrikanersBoer, Boers, Boer War, laager, kommando
- Boer historyBoers, Transvaal, Anglo-Boer War, Kruger, Orange Free State
Afrikanersanti-apartheid activists
Opponents of racial segregation policy
Nelson Mandela · freedom fighters · Steve Biko · liberation movement · Desmond Tutu