Delarey - Boer War

This is for the pride of the Afrikaaner Nation. General De la Rey was a Boer General in South Africa who led his brave boers in battle against the invading British Empire. The odds were staggering 80 000 boers to 350 000 british Soldiers. The Boers held out to the bitter end.
The British held thousands of Boer women and children in the first ever concentration camps. The British forced the Boers to surrender as they starved their women and children - only for the Boers to return to their torched farms without many of their murdered family.

A Salute to the men who fought for my right to be here in South Africa today.

"Ons Vir Jou Suid Africa"

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[Pinard7]

Just one problem: the Boers did not run South Africa & the notion that they ever did stems from the mythology of the Afrikaners who HIJACKED the heritage of the Boers & tried to claim it as their own. The majority of the Afrikaners are not descended from the Boers but in fact from the Cape Dutch. The pro British folks who WORKED against Boer self determination. The Boers tried to restore their Boer Republics during the 1940s but were PREVENTED by the Afrikaner establishment in control.

[eltessy]

"The British held thousands of Boer women and children in the first ever concentration camps" (sic) Is not accurate, the first concentration camps were established in Cuba as early as 1895, by the Spaniard Governor General Valeriano Weyler y Nicolau, Marquis of Tenerife. Cuban women and children starved to death on those "Re-concentration camps" spread out all over the island. ( Cuba's war for independence 1895 to 1898)

[kent684]

In Russia in the beginning of XX cent very popular was song "Boer and his sons" (translate from Russian) " Under the big tree sit old boer and cry About what you cry old man? About my homeland which burned by enemy I have seven sons Two fall on the war and five fight for freedom My oldest son was grey-haired and my younger son was only 12 But he say me that I dont be ashamed of him He was killed in first battle Now is severe times for my land Woman pray for our sons! God dont leave us!"

[tommydortch]

BONA NA CROIN

[kentamitchell]

@eddthefuck LOL! Bow down to the might of the British Empire? Rule Brittania? In my country, since 1776, not so much.

[oubul1]

Who tamed this land?The brave enough to endure the hardships of this beautiful country at the bottom of Africa. Only FARMERS=BOER had the knowledge and courage to create something out of nothing. And fight the English (twice) to sustain the explorers of the "new" world.Nl, Fr,Gr etc, contributed, earning the name "BOER", mixing cultures, best practises, and language, inorder to survive.... EARNING the name BOER!! So...call yourself a "Boer" if your ancestors were here more than 250 years ago

[Pinard7]

The Boer people are only about 34 % of the total White Afrikaans speaking population. The reporter Jan Stürmann noted that the Boer population stand at 1.5 million. Out of a total White Afrikaans population of approx 3.5 million. He noted within the article that many Boers do not see themselves as Afrikaners. Theuns Cloete of Boervolk Radio noted on a shortwave radio interview that the Afrikaners stole the heritage of the Boers. This is significant because it subverts Boer self determination.

[Pinard7]

The term Cape Dutch was coined by the Trekboers to describe the folks they left behind at the western Cape region whom Professor Wallace Mills noted were DIFFERENT from the Boers of the frontier. Not all White Afrikaans speaking South Africans were or are Boers! There have always been far MORE Cape Dutch Afrikaans speakers than Boers. The Boers developed & emerged on the Cape frontier during the late 17th cent. This bifurcation led to the emergence of TWO White Afrikaans speaking peoples.

[Pinard7]

The statistics on the Cape Dutch population versus the Boer population bear this out. THAT is where I get "my info from". There were & still are more Cape Dutch descendents than Boer descendents. Further: notable leaders like D F Malan & Hendrik Verwoerd were not from the Boer population [ Malan was from the Cape Dutch & Verwoerd was from the Dutch of the Netherlands ] . Further note: the Cape Boers of the frontier are not part of the Cape Dutch.

[eddthefuck]

You should of just bowed down to the might of the British empire then shouldn't you. And what about the genocide you boers carried out when you took out your commandos and exterminated the san peoples of the kalahari, oh and the zulus. Rule Brittania.

[cinottawa]

@VigisKane True say. The ANC, a party revered as 'tolerant' has a youth leader who preaches that whites should be exterminated. Disgusting, and shameful. But it's okay to preach hate against people if they're white...