Carel Boshoff

Carel Willem Hendrik Boshoff (9 November 1927 – 16 March 2011)[1] was a South African professor of theology and Afrikaner cultural activist.

Carel Boshoff
Carel Boshoff (2009)
Chairman of the Afrikaner Broederbond
In office
1980–1983
Preceded byViljoen, G.
Succeeded by de Lange, J.P.
President of the Orania Movement
In office
1990–2007
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byCarel Boshoff IV
Personal details
Born
Carel Willem Hendrik Boshoff

(1927-11-09)November 9, 1927
Nylstroom ,Transvaal, South Africa
DiedMarch 16, 2011(2011-03-16) (aged 83)
Orania, Northern Cape, South Africa
NationalitySouth African
Spouse(s)Anna Verwoerd
Alma materUniversity of Pretoria
OccupationLecturer
Known forCalvinism, Volkstaat (Orania)

Biography

Boshoff was born in Nylstroom[2] in the Transvaal Province as the second child of Willem Sterrenberg Boshoff and Anna Maria "Annie" Boshoff.[3] Boshoff's mother, Anna, was the second wife of his father; together they had 7 children in addition to the six from his father's first marriage.[1] Carel Boshoff spent much of his youth at his father's ranch in the Waterberg District in the northern Transvaal, attended the University of Pretoria and attained his doctorate in theology in 1951[4] after doing missionary work throughout the old Transvaal Province. He spoke the Sepedi (Northern Sotho) language fluently and served as Secretary of Missions for the Dutch Reformed Church.

Boshoff's wife (also named Anna), whom he married in 1954, was the daughter of Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd who served as prime minister of South Africa (1958-1966) and became known as the architect of apartheid.[5] They had seven children; she died in 2007.[6] Boshoff led the Voortrekker movement from 1981 to 1989.[7] Further, he served as chairman of the Afrikaner Broederbond from 1980 to 1983. He had to leave the Broederbond in 1983, when members of the newly formed Conservative Party were not welcome any more.[8] He chaired the Freedom Front in Northern Cape from 1994.

Boshoff established the Afrikaner Volkswag in May 1984 with the ostensible purpose of defending Afrikaner culture, although in practice it was mainly involved in opposing the liberalising of some racial laws under P.W. Botha. Boshoff had attempted to affiliate his group to the Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge soon after its foundation but the application was rejected due to the political nature of the Volkswag.[9] The following year he was involved in the setting up of the Vereniging Bybel en Volk, an opposition group within the Reformed Churches in South Africa established after the church leadership endorsed a motion of condemnation of apartheid passed by the Reformed Ecumenical Synod.[10]

In 1988 he founded AVSTIG or Afrikaner Vryheidstigting, although he is mainly known as the founder in 1990 of Orania, an Afrikaner settlement intended as the beginning of a volkstaat. Boshoff admitted his disappointment that it Orania had only 810 residents rather than the 60,000 he had anticipated.[11] In 2004 Orania issued its own currency, the Ora. The area is noted for its Koeksister monument.[12] Boshoff was the president of the Orania movement ('Orania beweging') until 2007. After he became disabled due to illness, his son, Carel Boshoff IV, took over all the above positions.

Death

Boshoff died aged 83 from cancer at his home on March 16, 2011.[13]

Chairmanships
Position Organisation Appointed Concluded
Chair Orania Representative Council 2000 2006
Chair Orania Bestuurdienste (Pty) Ltd 1990
Executive Chair Afrikaner Vryheidstigting / Orania Movement 1988
Chair Afrikaanse Gereformeerde Bond 1987
Chair Die Afrikaner Volkswag (Cultural Organisation) 1984 1999
Chair Die Afrikaner Broederbond 1979 1983
Founder & Chair Institute for Missiological Research, UP 1979 1988
Chair South African Bureau for Racial Affairs 1972 1999
Member Council Rand College of Education 1963 1979
Chair NG Kerkboekhandel 1988
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See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-18. Retrieved 2011-03-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Carel Boshoff". Telegraph. 2011-03-17. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  3. Carel Boshoff profile
  4. Grobler, F. (2004). The Afrikaner homeland: a fading dream. South African Historical Organization.
  5. "Anna Boshoff was a 'community person par excellence'" Archived August 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Anna Boshoff was 'community person par excellence'". Mail & Guardian. 10 July 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  7. Profile in African Who's Who Archived November 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  8. Du Toit, Brian M. (December 1991). "The Far Right in Current South African Politics". The Journal of Modern African Studies. 29 (4): 643. doi:10.1017/S0022278X00005693.
  9. Carole Cooper, Jennifer Shindler, Colleen McCaul, Frances Potter, Melanie Cullum, Monty Narsoo, Pierre Brouard, Race Relations Survey 1985, Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, 1986, p. 11
  10. Cooper et al, Race Relations Survey 1985, p. 570
  11. "Orania, white and blue" Archived August 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  12. "Kaalvoet women's group honours the koeksister". IOL News. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  13. "Notice of the death of Carel Boshoff". Archived from the original on 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2011-03-17.
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