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  • We just believe that you should stick to your race, "he said, wearing a shirt on which was emblazoned" 100 per cent boer ", a reference to the Afrikaans word for

    The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines 2010

  • We just believe that you should stick to your race, "he said, wearing a shirt on which was emblazoned" 100 per cent boer ", a reference to the Afrikaans word for

    The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines 2010

  • We just believe that you should stick to your race, "he said, wearing a shirt on which was emblazoned" 100 per cent boer ", a reference to the Afrikaans word for

    The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines 2010

  • After a long consultation which came near ending in a wrangle, Willem being opposed by his companions, it was decided that they should ride round in a circle of which the dwelling of the boer should be the centre.

    The Giraffe Hunters Mayne Reid 1850

  • The word "boer", meaning farmer, is often used to refer to Afrikaans-speaking whites in South Africa.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2004

  • Fourie replied he was a "boer" seeking a volkstaat.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

  • Although quick to say that they are not yet a complete success story, Nduli and his "boer" farm managing director, Piet de Wet, are insistent that their cooperative efforts are slowly showing

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • Although quick to say that they are not yet a complete success story, Nduli and his "boer" farm managing director, Piet de Wet, are insistent that their cooperative efforts are slowly showing

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • According to an instruction list handed to the protesters earlier, each "boer" is to slowly load a trolley full of groceries.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • As a "boer" still involved in the freedom struggle, and aware of what the British had done to his people, it was most heartwarming to hear her argue that British colonists - and not

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

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