Volkstaat - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Volkstaat: Encyclopedia Ii - Volkstaat - Afrikaner Reasons For Wanting A Volkstaat
A number of factors have contributed to a feeling of estrangement experienced by some Afrikaners in South Africa; from their perspective ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afrikaner: Encyclopedia - Afrikaner
Paul Kruger, a notable Afrikaner Western Cape Province: 0.55 million, North West Province: 0.2 million, Free State Province: 0.2 million ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bantustan: Encyclopedia - Bantustan
Bantustan refers to any of the territories designated as tribal "homelands" for black South Africans and Namibians during the apartheid e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afrikaner: Encyclopedia Ii - Afrikaner - History
Afrikaners are mainly descended from northwestern European settlers and religious refugees who lived in the Cape of Good Hope during the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Padania: Encyclopedia Ii - Padania - Political Implications
When the Northern League decided to push for secession of richer Northern Italy from the rest of the country, the League's leader Umberto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bantustan: Encyclopedia Ii - Bantustan - Creation Of The Bantustans
Well before the National Party came to power in 1948, South African governments had established "reserves" in 1913 and 1936 with the inte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Orania: Encyclopedia Ii - Orania - Orania Today
Today, Orania is home to about 500 to 600 Afrikaner families. Many of the poorer arrivals to Orania take up residence in small tract hous...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bantustan: Encyclopedia Ii - Bantustan - Creation Of The Bantustans
Well before the National Party came to power in 1948, South African governments had established "reserves" in 1913 and 1936 with the inte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Padania: Encyclopedia Ii - Padania - Languages
The dominant language in the area is standard Italian. French, Franco-provençal, Occitan, German, Friulian, Ladin and Slovenian are spok...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boer: Encyclopedia - Boer
Boer is the Afrikaans (and Dutch) word for farmer which came to denote the descendants of the Afrikaans-speaking migrating farmers of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bantustan: Encyclopedia Ii - Bantustan - List Of The Bantustans
The homelands are listed below with the ethnic group for which each homeland was designated. Four were nominally independent (the so-call...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afrikaner: Encyclopedia Ii - Afrikaner - Today
In recent years there has been an movement by some Afrikaners to support the mixed race ("coloured") population of South Africa, most of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afrikaner: Encyclopedia Ii - Afrikaner - Afrikaner Versus Boer
Currently, a number of white Afrikaans-speaking people, mainly with "conservative" political views, prefer to be called "Boers", rather t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bantustan: Encyclopedia Ii - Bantustan - Post-1994
With the demise of the apartheid regime in South Africa, the Bantustans were dismantled and their territory reincorporated into the Repub...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bantustan: Encyclopedia Ii - Bantustan - Life In The Bantustans
The Bantustans were all extremely poor. Their economic deprivation was the deliberate result of government policies, as their boundaries ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bantustan: Encyclopedia Ii - Bantustan - Life In The Bantustans
The Bantustans were all extremely poor. Their economic deprivation was the deliberate result of government policies, as their boundaries ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bantustan: Encyclopedia Ii - Bantustan - Post-1994
With the demise of the apartheid regime in South Africa, the Bantustans were dismantled and their territory reincorporated into the Repub...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bantustan: Encyclopedia Ii - Bantustan - List Of Bantustans
The homelands are listed below with the ethnic group for which each homeland was designated. Four were nominally independent (the so-call...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South African Farmer Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - South African Farmer Murders - Underlying Theories
The main competing theories that have been put forth as the reason for these murders are: Criminal greed leading to attacks by poor town...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Separatism: Encyclopedia Ii - Separatism - Political/administrative Separatism
Political separatism may involve attempts to obtain sovereignty and to split a territory or a group of people (usually a people with a di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Separatism: Encyclopedia Ii - Separatism - Political/administrative Separatism
Political separatism may involve attempts to obtain sovereignty and to split a territory or a group of people (usually a people with a di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Separatism: Encyclopedia Ii - Separatism - Other Historical Separatist Movements
Separatism - Entities which have proclaimed independence without gaining international recognition as independent countries. Abkhazia ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Separatism: Encyclopedia Ii - Separatism - Social/cultural Separatism
Queer nationalism, e.g. Lesbian-feminist separatism refers to the use of sexual orientation as a particular for of separatist political s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Separatism: Encyclopedia Ii - Separatism - Ethnic/racial Separatism
Ethnic separatism can refer to groups that attempt to separate themselves culturally and economically or racially, though not always seek...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Separatism: Encyclopedia Ii - Separatism - Religious Separatism
Religious groups whose members believe they should not interact with anyone except co-religionists tend to break into plethoras of sects....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Volkstaat: Encyclopedia Ii - Volkstaat - Obstacles
A number of obstacles threaten the Volkstaat ideal held by some Afrikaners: Volkstaat - Afrikaner disarray. The decision of where the b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Volkstaat: Encyclopedia Ii - Volkstaat - Volkstaat Possibilities
The following are deciding factors for the formation of a Volkstaat: Volkstaat - Freedom Front. The Freedom Front has been the major po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Volkstaat: Encyclopedia Ii - Volkstaat - The Idea
For the Afrikaners who support this concept, the basic prerequisite of a nation wishing to secure its survival with its own culture, reli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Volkstaat: Encyclopedia Ii - Volkstaat - Afrikaner Reaction
Emigration of citizens, including Afrikaners, from South Africa is at an all time high. Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain and the Uni...   » Read the article