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For the Afrikaners who support this concept, the basic prerequisite of a nation wishing to secure its survival with its own culture, religion and language, is a geographically defined territory. They argue that a nation that does not have its own territorial base is scaled down to the status of a group—and in the case of Afrikaners, a minority group. The idea of partitioning South Africa into various states, or into a confederation of states, has not been the exclusive preserve of these Afrikaners. The South African liberal icon of ...

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Volkstaat: Encyclopedia II - Volkstaat - The idea

Volkstaat - The idea

The idea of partitioning South Africa into various states, or into a confederation of states, has not been the exclusive preserve of these Afrikaners. The South African liberal icon of the 1930s and 1940s, Alfred Hoernlé, considered partition as a way of protecting blacks from white oppression and reducing the risk of racial conflict in the country. More recently, German author and observer at the 1987 meeting between the ANC and Afrikaner academics in Dakar (Senegal), Klaus von der Ropp, has proposed partitioning South Africa to ensure genuine black independence and to provide whites with the security an independent enclave would offer.