PICTURE: ADRIAN DE KOCK This piece was originally written in Afrikaans. This is important not only to make clear who my target audience is, but also to show that I am proud of my language and the culture I associate it with.Somebody recently asked me whether Afrikaners have a future in SA. While I cannot answer the question, my biggest fear is that, with our current attitude, we won’t have a future anywhere in the world. I often stand and watch, with shock and disbelief, how people like Steve Hofmeyr and groups like AfriForum appoint themselves as representatives of an entire group of people, my people, in SA.But it is only then that I realise that these actions are condoned by the silence of Afrikaners with a different view. The #AfrikaansMustFall protests at the University of Pretoria raise several issues, and it is time for a different Afrikaans perspective to see the light of day.Over the past few days we have witnessed Afrikaans and nonAfrikaans-speaking students making stateme...
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