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Afrikaner Sondebok? - Die Lewe Van Hans Van Rensburg Ossewabrandwag-Leier (Afrikaans, Paperback) Loot Price: R268
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Afrikaner Sondebok? - Die Lewe Van Hans Van Rensburg Ossewabrandwag-Leier (Afrikaans, Paperback)

Albert Blake

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Hans van Rensburg se magnetiese persoonlikheid en sy sterk teenkantingteen Suid-Afrika se deelname aan die Tweede Wêreldoorlog het Afrikaners só aangegryp dat die Ossewabrandwag (OB) binne drie jaar na sy stigting by die 300 000 lede gehad het.

In die vroeë 1930’s was Van Rensburg egter nog deel van die regering en het ’n blink politieke toekoms vir hom gewink. Hy was die jongste Justisiehoof voordat hy as die jongste administrateur van ’n provinsie aangestel is. Hy was ook ’n regsgeleerde, filosoof, taalkundige en taalstryder, bekwame burokaat, militaris, boer, wildjagter en hengelaar.

Sy lewensverhaal strek oor sewe dekades en hy was by al die belangrikste historiese gebeure van 20ste eeubetrokke-van die Anglo-Boereoorlog tot die apartheidsregering.Dit is ’n tydperk waartydens talle “ismes” hoogty gevier het: imperialisme, nasionalisme, nasionaal-sosialisme, kapitalisme, kommunisme en rassisme.

In die verlede is besprekings van Van Rensburg meestal beperk tot sy rol as OB-leier, terwyl hierdie boek ook gaan ondersoek instel na sy rol in die totstandkoming van die apartheidsbewind. Dit is minder bekend dat hy in die vroeë 1950’s as kommissaris van die Groepsgebiederade –’n ankerpunt van apartheidsbeleid –aangestel is.Sy konflik met die verantwoordelike minister, PW Botha, het tot sy bedanking gelei.

Van Rensburg worddikwels as ’n verbete Afrikaner-fascis beskryf, maar die werklikheid is meer kompleks. In vele opsigte was hy dalkeerder ’n gerieflike sondebok vir die Smuts-en Nasionale Party-regerings.

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Imprint: Jonathan Ball Publishers SA
Country of origin: South Africa
Release date: July 2021
Authors: Albert Blake
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 978-1-77619-086-7
Languages: Afrikaans
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military
Books > Humanities > History > African history > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Political leaders & leadership
Books > History > African history > General
Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
Books > Afrikaans > Geesteswetenskappe
Books > Afrikaans > Taal en Letterkunde
Books > Afrikaans > Biografieë
Books > Afrikaans > Maatskaplike Wetenskappe
Books > Local Author Showcase > Biography > Historical
Books > Local Author Showcase > Biography > Political
Books > Local Author Showcase > Afrikaans > Biography
LSN: 1-77619-086-6
Barcode: 9781776190867

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