Boerestaat Party
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The Boerstaat Party is a right wing South African political party founded in 1986 by the late Robert van Tonder. The party was a charter member of the Freedom Front coalition group. It has also operated its own paramilitary group the Boere Weerstandsbeweging (Boer Resistance Army).
The BSP were the first group in South Africa to openly advocate the restoration of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and call for the secession of these territiories from the Union of South Africa. This policy was later taken on board by the AWB and other rightist movements. The BSP further argued that the Boer citizens of these nineteenth century republics should be considered as a distinct nation from the Afrikaners [1].
The BSP has been noted for adopting controversial views on AIDS and came out in support of the views on the subject expressed by Thabo Mbeki [2]. The party has also taken an active role in ensuring that the Voortrekker Monument is cared for, with current leader Coen Vermaak a leading advocate in this campaign [3].
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Quotes from the current leader of the Boerestaat Party Coen Vermaak:
" The Boerestaat party believes an official campaign is being pursued to drive them towards extinction, with Vermaak arguing that the widespread availability of contraceptives was preventing population growth among whites. "
" "I am convinced the abortion law is aimed at getting rid of white babies"
Vermaak also claimed that Aids was a hoax designed to promote the use of condoms among whites.
"No Boer [Afrikaner] ever had Aids. It doesn't exist. It's the biggest scam that can take place" Vermaak.
While the party does not actively call for voting rights to be restricted to whites only, it firmly rejects the post-apartheid doctrine of universal suffrage.
For Vermaak, it is ridiculous that a doctor and a vagrant should have an equal say in how the country is governed.
"Any logical person should understand [that] some people's votes should count more than others," he said. -- AFP
Source: http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=294585&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national/
