With few exceptions, the Afrikaner suffers from a moral and spiritual defect — the inability to tolerate dissent. Authoritarian to the verge of stupidity, Afrikaners are unable to condone debate on issues which effect the identity of the nation. For instance: On a number of occasions, I have raised the issue of my “tweede-taal” status with the suggestion that either I am an “Afrikaanser” or an “Afrikander”.

Result: Derided as “‘n uitlander of soutpiel”, I am accused of referring either to a cow, or some kind of a horse. Surely, people who are not Afrikaners as such, are people too? Surely there is room within the broader debate about Dutch Creole, and Gam-Taal to include those of us who identify with the “Anders”, or who “gebruik die taal, nie as ‘n huis taal nie, maar as ‘n Ander-taal?”

“Ek is ‘n Afrikaander. Ek is Afrikaanslik, Ek is van Afrikaner bloed gebore. Ek is ‘n Mens, Ek is Joods, maar ek is nie ‘n Afrikaner nie — nie a regte Afrikaner omdat as ek ‘n Jood is, soos baie Jode is, is ek alreeds uit die volk geskop toe ek gebore was, en dan geweldig onderdruk deur die boere gedurende die vryheidsoorlog,” and I mean the struggle, not the Anglo-Boer War. Dis die rede waarom ek maak ‘n verskil. Ja Mense, dis julle Afrikaner-se mense wat die ondentlike veraaiers is, wat complot het teen die staat en die hele mensdom…en ek kan nie Afrikaners soos julle vertrou.

As for De La Rey? A great man indeed but was he an Afrikaner or an Afrikaander?