A monument on a hill overlooks the Kleinfontein community. "We are here for our culture, for our safety, for our people," said Annatjie Oncke, a resident.
(Per-Anders Pettersson / For The Washington Post)
“I am here because outside there’s no place anymore for us. We don’t feel welcome,” said Dries Oncke, 57, a resident. “That’s why we start places like this and build them up. We know as Afrikaners we can be safe here. We have a place where we can be ourselves.”
“As Afrikaners, as a cultural group, we are basically a White people, a Caucasian people because of our history,” said Marisa Haasbroek, a spokeswomen for the cooperative that runs the settlement. “Culturally, we are different from other people in this country, and we just want to protect our identity, and that includes language.”
