I had family on both sides of the Anglo-Boer war, I am related to Rachel De Beer, and Jacobus De Beer (a signatory at the Peace of Vereeniging) and had an Afrikaans author as a great uncle... but I realise how far I am from being Afrikaans with the occasional culture shock of a trip to the Platteland.
Last night I was in Nelspruit and popped in to a Lang-Arm sokkie... quite far from Manhattans in Sandton!
But I also have to admit, I am rather jealous of the Boer-seuntjies and their sokkie. Us English-speaking South Africans tend to just dance like epleptic chickens... a couple of lessons of ballroom dancing may be in order.
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