Its policies included apartheid, the establishment of a republic, and the promotion of Afrikaner culture.

Bloem's most popular long-standing pub and live-music venue provides an eccentric twist to Afrikaner culture - check out the psychedelic pictures of long-bearded Boers on the walls.

During the apartheid era, it was criticised by the ruling National Party for inadequate reporting of the government's viewpoint and Afrikaner culture.

We are very much part of Afrikaner culture, of the Afrikaner language.

The Afrikaner Broederbond, a secret Afrikaner brotherhood formed in 1918 to protect Afrikaner culture, soon became an extraordinarily influential force behind both the NP and other organisations designed to promote the volk ("people", the Afrikaners).

Fiction or not, Rachel de Beer is entrenched in the Afrikaner culture, which is evident by the number of streets and schools named after her.

He became a researcher for Hendrik Verwoerd, the Prime Minister of South Africa, and was appointed director of the Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge, an institute for the advancement of Afrikaner culture.

Throughout his life he encouraged the development of Afrikaner culture, determined to protect the Afrikaner from British influence.

"If they want to protect their Afrikaner culture, they must teach it to their children," Mr. Fisher said.

In post-election South Africa, the Afrikaner culture and colonial history that dominate Karoo towns seem less odious than curious, now deprived of official hegemony.