• Afrikaners plan to honor one of South Africa’s former presidents by building a new statue for his 200th birthday.
• Paul Kruger was the longest-serving president of the South African Republic from 1883 to 1902.
• His statue in Pretoria will be demolished and rebuilt in Orania and unveiled on October 10

Pretoria became notorious for vandalizing several statues, including that of Paul Kruger and four Boer soldiers.

Afrikaners felt disrespected due to the lack of decent care for the monument and raised funds to rebuild the statue in Orania.

SA raises half a million to build Paul Kruger statue

Paul Kruger was best known as the father of the Afrikaner nation and the longest-serving president of the Republic of South Africa. In honor of his power, a statue of him and four more Boer soldiers were built in Pretoria.

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Over the years, the statue has seen its share of vandalismwhich offended the Afrikaner nation, who took it upon themselves to raise funds to build another monument in Orania. The nation plans to demolish the damaged monument. They have already raised R600 000 for the new structure, which is estimated to be built by next October to celebrate the former president’s 200th birthday.

The head of information at the Orania development company, Pieter Bischoff, said: South Africa:

“The construction of the Kruger statue symbolizes the resilience of Afrikaners. When people threaten our cultural assets, we make plans to preserve our heritage. What’s more, we are building a future for ourselves and for our own people.

The Afrikaners are currently building a new home in Orania, including a town square where they live happily together.

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In brief News also reported that a woman TikTok shared that her mother was still traumatized by the apartheid regime and its brutality. Isabell, a South African, felt sorry for her mother, who still suffers from PTSD from the mistreatment of black people.

Social media users shared their stories of how their parents showed significant side effects before the era of democracy began. Briefly News reached out to trusted clinical psychologist, Vuyolwethu Tuluma, to better understand PTSD.

Source: In Brief News