In any event, the De la Rey song is music to the ears of a nation marginalised since the shift to majority rule about 13 years ago. 13 years later white South Africans are still on a massive guilt trip about Apartheid and the government doesn’t hesitate to blame all of our woes on Apartheid. Given that we are now over a decade into majority rule, I don’t think it is unreasonable to expect the government to start to deal with the issues facing us all a little more proactively and progressively. Afrikaners in particular have been virtually synonymous with the Apartheid government and the absence of any real, unifying leadership means Afrikaners are up a sad creek with a really small paddle. Rather than criticising the song as subversive, the government should encourage cultural phenomena like this song as a way to heal the Afrikaner nation and the country as a whole.
Tags: de la rey, bok van blerk, umshini wami, anglo-boer war, song, culture, afrikaners, national pride, afrikaner pride
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