South Africa is the only motherland for the Afrikaner -- we have nowhere else to go.

This is an adaptation of the speech made by Dr HF Verwoerd in reply to the historic "Wind of Change" speech by the British prime minister, Harold Macmillan in 1960.

PRIMARASHNI GOWER DESCRIBES HER EXPERIENCE:

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The Afrikaner is the only "white tribe" of Africa -- with a history going back more than 350 years. Over generations we have become part of this continent, losing all ties with Europe. We are more African than black people of African descent who have been born and are living outside Africa.

The men, women and children who struggled for centuries to survive in a harsh land, often paying with their lives, have built a modern, industrial state in a part of the world where little development had taken place.

However, during the last century, we have relied heavily on the availability of a black labour force. They have also contributed blood and sweat to build this country, but without western education and guidance, none of this would have been possible.

The previous generation of Afrikaner leaders severely underestimated both the massive growth in the black population (in response to better food production and health care) and their growing demands for political power. They were unable to adapt the apartheid policy to these changes. Combined with the Soviet backing of a black revolution, apartheid degenerated during the 70's and 80's to become a rather desperate struggle to prevent the establishment of a communist, black majority rule.

With a history of British repression still fresh in the memory, the previous generation of Afrikaners were reluctant to surrender the political power they had struggled so long to achieve. Now Afrikaners have once again lost their freedom and are powerless to determine their own future.

Both black and white contributed to build the country. The Afrikaner helped the black population to grow more than 10-fold over 100 years. Yet this very fact has ensured that the Afrikaner has lost any chance to have a say about their future in a democratic, united South Africa ever again.

The new generations will have to decide whether they wish to live without identity and voiceless, in this South Africa, or whether they wish to trek again. Where to? Only two realistic options: emigrate or become the majority in an area where a new country can be built again -- this time without becoming dependant on black labour.
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