Die Afrikaanse Patriot

MidnightWizard said:
The newspaper would however lose much of its readership in 1892, when it endorsed Cecil Rhodes in its conflict against the president of Transvaal, Paul Kruger. Die Patriot ultimately went out of business in 1904.[2]

One wonders WHY they did not care much for -- Paul Kruger ?
NOW
Read the history of the -- Afrikaner Bond

Prof Rodney Davenport - The Afrikaner Bond

OPEN UCT - Die Afrikaner Bond
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Probably because Paul Kruger was a staunch anti-Afrikaans supporter. He imposed a 10 pound fine to any teacher who taught Afrikaans in the ZAR.
 
DWPTA said:
Probably because Paul Kruger was a staunch anti-Afrikaans supporter. He imposed a 10 pound fine to any teacher who taught Afrikaans in the ZAR.
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Interesting
Most of the government officials / teachers in the ZAR were striaght up HOLLANDERS from Holland
Perhaps explains it
One wonders what Paul Kruger spoke at home -- to his "moedertaal" ....
 
MidnightWizard said:
Interesting
Most of the government officials / teachers in the ZAR were striaght up HOLLANDERS from Holland
Perhaps explains it
One wonders what Paul Kruger spoke at home -- to his "moedertaal" ....
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In those days, you spoke Afrikaans, but reading and writing was done in Dutch. The official communications in government was Dutch.
 
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