Afrikaner Africa Initiative
Forging closer ties between Afrikaner community organisations and the organisations of other indigenous communities and interest groups in South Africa and in Africa.
About Us
“No nation in the world has this (self-preservation and self-assertion) as its only task, for just as an individual who wishes merely to preserve and assert himself leads an unjustified and meaningless existence, so a nation with no other aim deserves to pass away.” (Martin Buber, 1963, “Israel and the World: Essays in a time of crisis”. New York: Schocken, p. 248).
The Afrikaner Africa Initiative (AAI) aims at forging closer ties between Afrikaner community organisations and the organisations of other indigenous communities and interest groups in South Africa and in Africa.
We plan to develop a joint plan of action for Afrikaners and their partners to demonstrate their capacity to contribute to the economic development of South Africa and of Africa by using their networks, skills, and resources. The AAI also places emphasis on the importance of communities as the building blocks for a sustainable future, and on what these communities need to feel safe and secure.
We want to create an environment where Afrikaners are brought into the great debate about Africa’s future to jointly develop the ideas and institutional frameworks that would shape Africa’s future.
Our History
In the past five years, the AAI has involved the most prominent Afrikaner organisations in discussions, colloquiums, conferences and a whatsapp group with representatives of various prominent South African foundations. The participants got to know each other, engaged in rigorous debate, and started to develop an ecosystem conducive to future debate and discussion.
The AAI follows the principles of track two diplomacy. When people with personal integrity and influence in civil society such as retired leaders/ statesmen, community leaders, philosophers and business people are brought together, and the spaces are created for them to interact, they can jointly become incubators of new ideas and solutions for the future. As an indigenous African community, Afrikaners’ loyalty is to Africa.
The intimacy the talks afforded the participants reached an important milestone at the AAI Conference on 26 and 27 February 2021 in Cape Town, when the participants signed a Joint Declaration. The Declaration lays out the principles on which cooperation will be based, and addresses the preconditions for minorities such as the Afrikaners’ long-term survival in South Africa and in Africa.
The conference was attended by the most prominent Afrikaner leaders and organisations in civil society, as well as delegates from the Thabo Mbeki Foundation, and other dignitaries.
A key question has been framed as follows:
“What do the Afrikaners, as an indigenous African minority community, need to do to feel safe and secure and to enable them to work with fellow Africans to secure a meaningful and prosperous future for all in South Africa?”
Read more about the outcome of the conference in the media section
Media
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SA: R1.2 trillion needed to mitigate energy crisis as generation declines BY NASI HAKO
Source Article: ESI Africa In the next 15 years, South Africa will need to install at least 50GW of generation capacity to achieve energy security and will require an estimated R1.2 trillion in investment before 2035 to mitigate the energy crisis. Eskom Group...
SA ‘kon al ver voor gewees het met klein kernkrag’ DEUR FRANCOIS WILLIAMS
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