Carel Boshoff
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Professor Carel Willem Hendrik Boshoff (born November 9, 1927 on the farm Doornfontein near Nylstroom[1]in Modimolle, now in Limpopo) is a African religious figure and cultural activist.
Boshoff was the second child of Willem Sterrenberg Boshoff and Anna Maria (Annie) Boshoff.[2] Annie was Willem's second wife and together they had 7 children. With his first wife, Willem had another 6 children[3]. Boshoff was educated at the University of Pretoria to doctorate level in Missionary science and has done missionary work in the old Transvaal Provence. He speaks fluent iSipedi (Northern Sotho) and has served as Secretary of Missions for the Dutch Reformed Church.
Boshoff's wife Anna (died 2007), whom he married in 1954, was the daughter of Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd (former prime minister of South Africa, mainly known as the architect of Apartheid).[4]. Together they had 7 children. Boshoff's eldest sister was Verwoerd's secretary and now also lives in Orania.[5] Boshoff was leader of the Voortrekker movement from 1981 to 1989 and is currently an honorary member. [6] Furthermore he was chairman of the Afrikaner Broederbond from 1980 to 1983. He has chaired the Freedom Front in Northern Cape since 1994 which has since been taken over by his son, Carel Boshoff iv.
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 has admitted his disappointment that it has only 600 residents, rather than the 60,000 he had anticipated.[7]. Orania recently got its own currency, the Ora and is famous for its Koeksister monument. Boshoff was the president of the Orania beweging until 2007 when it too was taken over by his son Carel Boshoff iv.
[edit] Chairmanships
| Position | Organisation | Appointed | Concluded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chair | Orania Bestuurdienste (Pty) Ltd | 1990 | |
| Executive Chair | Afrikaner Vryheidstigting | 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 | SABRA | 1972 | 1999 |
| Member | Council Rand College of Education | 1963 | 1979 |
| Chair | NG Kerkboekhandel | 1988 |
[edit] References
- ^ //adam.boshoff.myweb.absamail.co.za/Boshoff'sDoornf.htm
- ^ www.whoswhosa.co.za/Pages/profilefull.aspx?IndID=954e
- ^ //adam.boshoff.myweb.absamail.co.za/Boshoff'sDoornf.htm
- ^ "Anna Boshoff was a 'community person par excellence'"
- ^ //adam.boshoff.myweb.absamail.co.za/Boshoff'sDoornf.htm
- ^ //www.whoswhosa.co.za/Pages/profilefull.aspx?IndID=954
- ^ 'Orania, white and blue'
- ^ www.whoswhosa.co.za/Pages/profilefull.aspx?IndID=954
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