Why Afrikaners won't trek

Sometimes Afrikaners are their own enemy and not always as lekker as they claim to be... and that comes from me who is, technically, one of them, albeit not spiritually or politically.

- Marizka Coetzer

First, the khaki-clad Afrikaners from the cities cried about the terrible things happening in South Africa, then they mobilised and marched to the US embassy - only to miss their one-way ticket as a refugee to the promised land of America.

One cannot help but wonder then what the big commotion was all about?

Earlier this week, AfriForum’s head called out a handful of Afrikaans writers and accused them of being in cahoots with the ANC and being “volksverraaiers” (traitors to the volk).

This follows after the ANC welcomed and saluted what they described as a courageous stance taken by Afrikaans-speaking South Africans who authored and cosigned an article, Not in our Name: Afrikaners Respond to the Misuse of Their Story in US Politics, which was published by News24.