Kleinfontein
| Kleinfontein | |||
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| Coordinates | 25 ° 50 ′ S , 28 ° 30 ′ E | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
| Gauteng | |||
| metropolis | City of Tshwane | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-GP | ||
| Residents | 650 | ||
| Website | www.kleinfontein.net (afrikaans) | ||
Kleinfontein ( Afrikaans for small spring ) is a settlement with around 650 inhabitants near Pretoria in South Africa , which was founded in 1992 by Boer separatists. The aim of the founders was to contribute to territorial self-government for Africa-speaking white South Africans on the basis of the people's state ideology. Economic life has developed to a limited extent in Kleinfontein.
At the entrance to the settlement there is a bust of Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd , an ideological founder of the apartheid policy, to which the residents of Kleinfontein orient themselves. New residents must recognize the core values of the community, such as Protestantism and the Afrikaans language. Therefore no Catholics or Jews live or work in the church.
history
In 1988, during a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Great Trek, Afrikaaner activists became aware of a farm east of Pretoria. Bitterinders - Boer guerrilla fighters during the Second Boer War - had lived there in the past , and the Battle of Donkerhoek had taken place there. There was also a historic Boer war cemetery and a memorial there. In 1992 a group of 50 Afrikaans bought the farm and began recruiting shareholders to help develop the place.
In 1994 there were enough shareholders to service the loan and Kleinfontein was able to begin providing services. The first two houses were completed in 1996, and the first two families became permanent residents of Kleinfontein. In the following years Radio Pretoria erected a transmitter mast near Kleinfontein, sports fields were built and a school was founded. A community hall, a care center and a retirement home were also built, followed by a shopping center.
Kleinfontein's area had grown from the original 500 hectares to 860 hectares and extends directly on National Route 4 beyond Boschkop Road. In November 2013, the Gauteng Provincial Legislature recognized Kleinfontein as a cultural community. According to its own information, the place has around 650 residents and around 400 shareholders.
In the South African parliamentary elections in 2019 , the Vryheidsfront Plus won 311 of 778 votes (around 40%) in the constituency to which Kleinfontein belongs, while the party only got 2.4% nationwide. The Democratic Alliance received 29.6%.
See also
Web links
- Kleinfontein (Afrikaans) website
- Among the yesterday. In: Der Spiegel 36/2014, author: Bartholomäus Grill
Individual evidence
- ^ History of Kleinfontein (Afrikaans), accessed on April 28, 2013
- ^ F. Brinley Bruton: All-white town fights to preserve segregation in Mandela's' Rainbow Nation . Reproduced June 20, 2013 from NBCnews .com article
- ^ Sudarsan Raghavan: Welcome to Kleinfontein, lingering outpost of apartheid South Africa . In: Guardian Weekly , July 30, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
- ↑ Ontstaan en Geskiedenis , Official site
- ↑ Whites-only enclave gains status. iol.co.za of November 22, 2013 (English), accessed May 31, 2017
- ↑ Kleinfontein settlement recognized as cultural community - FF +. politicsweb.co.za, November 21, 2013, accessed May 31, 2017
- ^ History of Kleinfontein (Afrikaans), accessed on May 31, 2017
- ↑ National Government Elections on news24.com (English), accessed April 24, 2020