Quote Originally Posted by sa-shooter View Post
Even so, I am amazed at how well these people speak Afrikaans. No young people in the video though and I find that quite sad. 600 families is a lot though, surprised that the language only survived just over a hundred years. Perhaps some of us should move there and spark it up again...
Keep in mind, a lot of them, over half, came back to SA in 1936. Almost all of the Angolan Afrikaners were also brought back during the same drive. IIRC the repatriation programs were funded and driven by the churches and received official government support as well.