The Boer nation is not a group of Europeans nor an Afrikaans speaking group, nor are they South Africans. They are a nation in their own right, just like the Americans, English, Dutch, Australians, New Zealanders, Canadians, Chinese, Japanese, Russians, etc.

Injustice against the Boervolk happened after the "One man one Vote" of 27 April 1997. The Boervolk didn't lose their freedom, but rather the little say that they thought they still had. The Boers had already lost their freedom with the signing of the "Freedom of Vereeniging" treaty on the 31st of May 1902. After the signing of this freedom charter, they were out on the 'road of no return' because of the decisions made by spineless leaders. This road led them to the predicament in which the Boer nation finds themselves today.

'We cannot carry on with our lives without being totally honest about who and what we really are.'

The Boer nation came into existence through the merging of people from different nations such as the Dutch, German and French. When the British came onto the scene at the beginning of the nineteenth century the Boer nation was already in existence. After the establishment of the Boer Republics, after the 'Great Trek', the Boers were internationally recognized as a nation due to the fulfilling of the general requirements of nationalism such as:

• Known origin of descent,
• own Language,
• own culture & traditions,
• a history based on experiences.

The very first decision of the Sand River Convention of 17 January 1852 stated that any Boers that had emigrated to north of the Vaal River would be recognized by Britain as a sovereign state.

The Convention of Bloemfontein on the 23rd of Feb 1854 also expressly recognized the right of the Boers of the Vrystaat (Free State) to freedom in their own state:  

"Her Majesty's special Commissioner, in entering into a convention… guarantees on the part of Her Majesty's government, the future independence of that country and its government; and … the inhabitants of that country shall then be free. And that this independence shall be confirmed and ratified … finally freeing them from their allegiance to the British Crown, and declaring them, to all intents and purposes, a free and independent people, and their government to be treated and considered thenceforth a free and independent government."

Similar recognition was later given to the Boers of the ZAR (Zuid Afrikaanse Republiek) after they had been occupied by Britain for a while, by The Pretoria convention of 1881 and The London Convention of 1884. The ZAR was also recognized by the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and the USA.

The nationalism which the Boer nation obtained and the recognition, which it was granted, embraced internationally accepted rights, liberty and obligations. Also the right to a homeland and self determination cannot be emphasized enough. Many wars, the eight-year war, the First World War, the conflict in the Middle East all are still directly connected to the denial or non-recognition of a nation's right to self-determination. On the contrary, a religious or economic group, which make up part of a nation, have no claim to freedom or land. Dependent or ethnic groups such as Coloureds and Griekwas can only achieve such rights once they have developed into a nation. The Boer is a nation and therefore has a right to land and own government. The Boer nation is not a group of Europeans nor an Afrikaans speaking group, nor are they South Africans. To deprive any nation the right to self-determination is a crime against that nation.

Since the earliest existence of the Boer nation they found the Dutch and later the British rule to be unbearable due to the suppression and undermining of the Boer way of life. Lacking government protection against Xhosa attacks, the suspension of ordinance 50 of 1828 (which set the Boer equal to the Hottentots in the land that the Boer considers/ed to be their own) and also the freeing of slaves in 1834, all contributed to denying the Boer nation the right to their own fatherland where they could develop and grow. The policy of English imperialism degraded the Boer way of life even further. The Boer nation's language was gradually phased out with the use of a foreign language within the education system and other institutions. Even Government Legislature was gradually converted to English. From 1827 English was the only language used within the colony. Most Boers felt as if they were living in a different country, and it was felt that the Boer children had no future under these circumstances. (Today, it is unbelievably surprising to see how history is repeating itself, the Boer nation is finding itself in exactly the same situation as before the "Groot Trek", with the exclusion that there is now no uninhabited land to trek to.) Although the Boers tolerated this for almost twenty years, the resistance grew stronger as time passed. In 1836 the "Boer revolt" erupted when a great deal of Boers decided to trek to the interior. After this decision was made there was no sacrifice too big to help preserve the Boer nation.

The disposal of land for a nation is a true biblical concept. Nations and their territory are not divided. The one is nothing without the other. It is crucial for the continued existence of a nation to have its own territory. The relation of a nation to its territory guarantees the survival of a nation. It has been proved that nations that strive for own identity, strive for their own territory where they can determine their own future and establish their own government.  Crucially a nation needs its own government for self-preservation. At this stage the Boer nation is doomed unless it can regain self-preservation.

The objective of the "Great Trek" was to ultimately have freedom within their own fatherland. There was much suffering and hardship to achieve this objective:

¤ The murder of Piet Retief and woman and children next to the Tugela,
   Bloukrans and Boesmansrivier.

¤ Then there were numerous confrontations like those at Vegkop,
   Bloodrivier, Majuba and many others.

¤ Ultimately two Boer Republics were formed and stayed in existence until
  1902.

¤ During the second independence war of the Boer nation there were 4313 
  woman and 22 057 children killed.

¤  Some of the Boers that stayed behind in the Cape colony rebelled against
   the British government and fought on the side of their fellow patriots.
   Some of these rebels were caught by the British and banned and stripped
   of their right to vote, in some cases some of these rebels were also
   executed.

The loss of independence in 1902 was NEVER accepted by the Boer nation and they were forced into the Union of 1910.

The war made the Boer nation a defeated nation through the death of almost 27 000 woman and children - war crimes carried out by the British government. There was no other option but to join this new Union of South Africa in 1910.

If this had to happen today, Kitchener and Milner (to be compared with the likes of Slobodadan Milosevic of Serbia) would have stood trial for crimes against humanity.

The Boers had no alternative but to sign the peace treaty of 1902. Once again if this treaty was signed today it would not have carried any recognition throughout the world, as it was brought about illegally. The Boer nation has never fairly been given an option that would guarantee its freedom. These crimes against the Boers have never been rectified to this day.

After becoming a republic in 1961, the Boer nation inevitably "inherited" the Cape colony. President Dr HF Verwoerd tried, through the Homeland Policy, to create separate areas for individual Black nations, thus giving each nation its own homeland. These Black states would ultimately be self-governed, and no nation would be in control of another.

With the murder of Dr Verwoerd the then National party scrapped the idea of separate homelands and implemented a directionless system of apartheid. The fact remains that the fatherland of the Boer nation, which includes the Transvaal, the Orange Free State, and Northern Natal (Vryheid - included with Transvaal in 1881) was robbed from them, and the Boer nation finds itself on a path today where their freedom is difficult to obtain.

Guarantees by the De Klerk regime that the Boer nation, as a minority, would be protected in the new South Africa, were never realized. A minority can only exist if the majority protects its rights.

The history of Africa has never known a majority protecting the rights of the minority groups.

Africa is full of examples of extortion of minorities by the majority and it is not only with the White population. This extortion of the minority is happening all over - a good example would be our neighbouring country Zimbabwe. A minority is either taken up and accepted or is expelled -  one can easily see what is planned for the fate of the white man is South Africa. A minority cannot prohibit the change of constitutional laws - that would be to its disadvantage, especially if such a minority has unique assets and resources at its disposal.

An example of such draconian laws that have been passed is the 'right of residence of a non-white worker'. This law prohibits the removal of such a person from your private property - if an alternative form of housing can't be provided. With this type of legislation no worker will want to look for another form of housing/accomodation. (Editor: no wonder farmers were waking up and finding their fields full of illegal tenants over night and couldn't shift them!)

Another example of the draconian laws in SA is the BEE ratio where 70% of your employees have to be non-white. This also applies to the management side of your company. (Editor: So if you are a family business, all of a sudden you have to employ a black person and fulfill the quota of 70% within your business and this percentage also has to be reflected in your management and ownership of your company. Might as well sell up and go fishing - if you can still find any fish that is - what with all the poaching going down!!) This new government does not seem to realize that this is exactly the type of racist attitudes and laws that brought the previous government to a fall!

In order to protect a minority successfully a portion of land has to be allocated to them, on this land he should have the power of self-determination; he alone should be in control of his own laws, education and cultural issues. The majority group will not recognize this, as it will result in a state within a state over which there is no control. Presently the Boer nation does not enjoy any protection or rights concerning this. The Boer nation currently has no land/state and nowhere to go.

The Boer nation is a nation in its own right, which cannot be reduced by legislation or mis-information to just a 'white' race within South Africa.

The situation where a nation, such as the Boer nation, that was internationally recognized, has been lowered to being only a part of the 'white' race in South Africa is totally unacceptable.

Recognition of the Boers as a nation -with the right to self-determination and a fatherland - is of paramount importance.

To hinder a nation, like in the case of the Boer nation, from trying to be self-determined is a crime against humanity.

A nation can only be a nation when it can freely speak its own language, make decisions for its own future concerning Religion, Education, etc., associate with whom it wants to, freely practice its culture and traditions and many more.

'To fully become a nation again, we should be able to make our own decisions, to be led by our own government, in our own country. Then we can build on our rich cultural heritage. Our children will then grow up to be Boers, and we the Boer nation will rightfully take our place between the different nations.'

source: AWB's English page http://www.awb.co.za/boerevolk_e.htm and AWB's Afrikaans page: http://www.awb.co.za/boerevolk_a.htm