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| Freedom Front Policy |
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POLICY OF THE FREEDOM FRONT The Freedom Front is irrevocably committed to the protection and advancement of Afrikaner interests. The aim of the party is to establish a fair and legitimate dispensation for Afrikaners in South Africa, as well as to attain freedom for the Afrikaner in a territory of his own. Community Rights One component of the Freedom Front’s policy is to claim community rights. It is an internationally-accepted principle that the interests of minorities must be protected in a heterogeneous society like South Africa. A political dispensation where an unqualified “one man, one vote” system applies, simply leaves the minorities at the mercy of the majority. The Freedom Front opposes such a system and insists that the rights of groups must be protected effectively. |
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| language map < | In South Africa, these rights include
language rights, the protection
of culture, safety and security, religion and mother-tongue education.
The Freedom Front aims to protect these rights. Community councils
that are established in accordance with Article 185 of the Constitution
(an initiative of the Freedom Front) can be utilized as instruments
to exercise the group rights of the Afrikaner (and other groups). Territorial Autonomy Another important component of the Freedom Front’s policy is the claim to territorial autonomy. A minority group remains vulnerable in a political order which is dominated by other peoples and groups. Protection that is won through struggle today can be politically removed tomorrow. A nation can only be truly free within a territory of its own, under its own authority. This ideal can be realized by way of an evolutionary process commencing with group autonomy at local government level, leading then to self-determination at regional, provincial and finally national level. |
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| demography
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After a thorough
analysis of the demographic realities
of South Africa and a study of similar international
examples, the Freedom Front has identified a territory where
the Afrikaner can become a sustainable majority and eventually enjoy
territorial freedom. This proposed area lies in the North Western
Cape between the West Coast and the Orange River. (See the national
and language maps). |
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