to stimulate the economy in all sectors‚ stimulate Afrikaans Nationalism‚ to greater independence for South Africa and to make South Africa safe for the white people. In the area of economic development the Pact Government made a great contribution to the development of the Union. Most people working in the agricultural sector were Afrikaans and by putting effort into stimulating the sector‚ he also stimulated the advancement of the Afrikaans nation. An export marketing body was set up in order
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Afrikaans /æfrɪˈkɑːns/[3] is a West Germanic language‚ spoken natively in South Africa‚ Namibia and to a lesser extent in Botswana and Zimbabwe. It is an offshoot of several Dutch dialects[4] spoken by the mainly Dutch settlers of what is now South Africa‚ where it gradually began to develop independently in the course of the 16th century. Hence‚ historically‚ it is a daughter language of Dutch‚ and was previously referred to as "Cape Dutch" (a term also used to refer collectively to the early Cape
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Grade‚ all students were required to study Afrikaans (a derivative of Dutch). If students failed either English‚ Math or Afrikaans they were required to repeat the entire school year. At the same time‚ in the same city‚ Afrikaans speaking families were sending their children to Afrikaans schools where they were required to pass English classes. By the time I got to middle school‚ I was fluent in both languages and elected to attend a predominantly Afrikaans school. Once I got to high school‚ I switched
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A main character in the film ’Cry Freedom’ directed and produced by Richard Attenborough was Donald Woods. Donald Woods is a 41-year-old white Afrikaan editor. He is married with 5 children‚ 2 girls and 3 boys. They all live together in a huge mansion with a pool in the yard. They also have an African maid named Evelyn. He has greying hair‚ glasses and a cheerful personality. He also considered himself a white liberal. At the beginning Donald Woods was blind and ignorant to what Stephen Biko‚ black
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the following realities‚ some quite different to what I had expected. - More Older generation and retired folk Wrong; in a group of approximately 40 people‚ I would say only 20% were in the age groups of 50 to 80 years old. All were from the Afrikaans or English speaking white population and made up more women than men.A smaller group than I would
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relating to horseback riding or horseback riders. (Kirkland‚ Sarah) Walk: The walk has a distinct four beat rhythm. When the horse is walking‚ its movement is easily accounted for by the rider. (Kirkland‚ Sarah) Trot: The trot has a two beat rhythm to it. It is much harder to adjust to the trot than to walking because the rider is bounced up and down with each pace. This bouncing causes the rider to be thrown up and down‚ hitting the saddle pretty hard easily unseating them if they do not adjust properly
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in 1918. Andy and Henry’s stories meet when Henry’s car breaks down in the small country town of Strattford on his way to a sailboarding weekend with his mates — and his disgruntled girlfriend Marcelle. While stuck in Strattford‚ Andy gets to know Trot and his girlfriend Janine and centenarian Cecelia Hainsworth‚ never-married fiancée of the long-dead Andy. Henry is given Andy’s diary to read‚ and finds himself fascinated by the tragic story of this young man of his own age from another time‚ another
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Henry actually would experience how it felt when someone he knew had died and the thoughts and things that he went through. (A passage from the text pg. 174 Trot was dead.The word‚ although Henry had not said it out loud‚ began to take some form‚ as if it was solidifying. He’d never had to deal with the word‚ or the world like this before. Trot was dead. He was gone. Now. Gone.) Andy/ First World War 1918 Andy goes to the First World War and he goes to France to fight for his country Australia. During
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further inland so as to avoid conflict. As time passed‚ a particular group of people started to form a nationalistic pride as they felt that they were a different kind of people and developed into what we know them as today as the; Afrikaans. For a long time period‚ the Afrikaans people who were referred to as ‘The Boere’ were in conflict with the English and many battles took place. This caused the black people to either flee or fight and in most times the blacks approached the different
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at 250 km/h at an altitude of 2000 m. What is the gravitational potential energy (relative to the ground)‚ and what is the kinetic energy of the aircraft? m=1200 kg v=69.44 m/s Δh=2000 m Eg=mgΔh Eg=(1200)(9.8)(2000) Eg=23520000 J Ek=½mv2 Ek=½(1200)(69.44)2 Ek=2893148.16 J If the pilot puts the aircraft into a dive‚ what will be the gravitational potential energy‚ what will be the kinetic energy‚ and what will be the speed when the aircraft reaches an altitude of 1500 m? Assume that the engine
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