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The Boerestaat Party (English: Farmers State Party) is a Boer nationalist South African political party founded on 30 September 1986 by Robert van Tonder. It was never officially registered as a political party because it was unable to rally 500 persons under one roof, a requirement under South African electoral law for official political party status.
The supporters of the Boer designation view the term Afrikaner as an artificial political label which usurped their history and culture, turning Boer achievements into Afrikaner achievements. They feel that the Western-Cape based Afrikaners – whose ancestors did not trek eastwards or northwards – took advantage of the republican Boers ...
This Afrikaner-focused political party has representation in the national Parliament as well as several Provincial legislatures in South Africa. Support for this party however decreased to just under 140,000 votes, being less than 1% of the total votes cast (approximately 20% among registered Afrikaner voters) by the 2004 national elections .
The Boer republics (sometimes also referred to as Boer states) were independent, self-governing republics formed (especially in the last half of the 19th century) by Dutch-speaking inhabitants of the Cape Colony and their descendants.
Political parties Elections The Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging ( pronounced [afriˈkɑːnər ˌviərstants.bəˈviəχəŋ] , meaning 'Afrikaner Resistance Movement'), commonly known by its abbreviation AWB , is a Boer nationalist , white supremacist , and neo-Nazi political party in South Africa.
The Bond did succeed in unifying Cape Dutch and Boer political agendas when it became amalgamated with Het Volk and the Oranje Unie, the leading parties in the Transvaal and former Orange Free State, respectively, to form the South African Party in 1910. [21] This became the first ruling party of the Union of South Africa and retained power ...
Dubul' ibhunu" (Xhosa: [dəbʊliːbuːnuː]), translated as shoot the Boer, [1] as kill the Boer [2] or as kill the farmer, [3] [4] is a controversial anti-apartheid South African song. It is sung in Xhosa or Zulu .
This list of generic names of political parties includes only generic party names, not overviews of parties, e.g., liberal and green parties. Action Party. National Action Party; People's Action Party; Agrarian Party; Alliance Party. National Alliance; New Alliance Party; American Party; Blue Party; Centre Party; Christian Party