Attie Heunis & Family

This is a post in response to some discussions I had about my previous post about the controversial De La Rey by Bok van Blerk. One of my friends suggested that the word nationalism had such negative connotations that it is close to swearing to him. I must admit I was quite taken aback by [...]

One of the bigger talking points in South-Africa (specifically the Afrikaans community) at present is the song De La Rey by Bok van Blerk. I must say that I liked the song after the first time I heard it but I didn’t have a clue what it was about – it just sounded good. Since [...]