Die In 2026 the Solidarity Movement will go full steam ahead to establish a comprehensive cultural ecosystem for the continued existence of Afrikaners. “A Boer maak ʼn plan” (a Boer comes up with a plan) still lies at the heart of our culture.
At the same time, we are working nationwide on projects for the benefit of everyone in South Africa and for the benefit other Afrikaans speakers. We are not waiting for the government to make the country a better place, but are putting our hands to the plough ourselves. For this reason, our motto for 2026 is “We will do it ourselves!” We will, however, also work together with partners who want to collaborate in rebuilding the country.
The Movement’s largest project is the construction of a new campus for Akademia, the largest independent university in the country. In addition, we will undertake major expansions to Sol-Tech, our vocational training college and will expand Solidarity Helping Hand’s social and welfare projects. Growth of the Solidarity Helping Hand’s Study Trust is a high priority because more and more people can no longer afford post-school education.
Solidarity’s network of work is also high on the agenda, as are AfriForum’s nationwide neighbourhood watches and action teams that are improving services in cities and towns. AfriForum will expand its intercultural projects to engage with other communities in a spirit of mutual recognition and respect.
At the same time, Afrikaans education will be supported to an even greater extent by our Support Centre for Schools (SCS), and the Federation of Afrikaans Cultural Associations (known by the abbreviation FAK) will continue to promote and preserve the Afrikaans language, culture and heritage on a larger scale. Many other projects to promote greater cultural autonomy will also be undertaken this year.
South Africa
The Solidarity Movement believes South Africa’s problems can best be addressed if Afrikaners are involved in the country’s reconstruction. Secondly, the restoration of relations with the US is essential to overcome the country’s economic challenges. The solution to both of these challenges is talking to the US government with one voice and one message.
Our Movement represents approximately 2 million Afrikaners. We are loyal to South Africa, even if we are dissatisfied with the ANC-led government. That is why we believe it is not right when ordinary citizens have to pay the price for the ANC’s weak government and their hostile actions towards the US as a superpower. We believe the government should put South Africa’s national interests first and not alienate the world’s largest economy at the expense of thousands of people’s jobs and livelihoods.
SA solutions
We are committed to South African solutions to South African problems and find it a pity that the ANC still refuses to respect the constitutional rights of Afrikaners and to treat us as equal citizens. We do not long for the past under the National Party, but we do not look forward to the future under the ANC and their racial socialism. That is why we work for a South Africa different to the one that is in decline almost everywhere as a result of the ANC’s corruption and poor governance.
We do not speak for all Afrikaners or for all South Africans, but we believe that it is in the interests of all when the country is faring better. For this reason, we intend to also work with other Afrikaner groups, as well as the broader Afrikaans community and other cultural communities in the country and to cooperate in finding solutions to burning issues.
We regret that the US has imposed punitive measures against South Africa as they harm thousands of people, including many of our own members and supporters. We believe that it is in the US’s interests to maintain good relations with South Africa as the largest economy in Africa.
The Afrikaners
The Trump administration has made South Africa a focal point of US foreign policy, at the same time singling out Afrikaners for support and protection. The ANC government’s disagreement with this does not change the fact that it is a reality.
South Africa is an independent and sovereign country and has the right to determine its own policy. The challenge lies in the serious consequences it holds for the people of a small country when its government acts with hostility towards a superpower. We do not want the US to act with hostility towards South Africa.
For this reason, our Movement, as the largest organised group of Afrikaners, wants to actively help to defuse the conflict with the USA. This will be possible if the ANC is prepared to respect our fair and constitutional demands for cultural autonomy. A cultural accord with Afrikaners can pave the way to jointly approach the US government with a trade agreement that will be in the interests of the country and all its people.
The Afrikaner Declaration
It is necessary to point out that almost two years ago, a broadly representative group of Afrikaners already extended a hand of friendship and cooperation to the government, a hand the ANC unfortunately declined to take. The Solidarity Movement was involved in the drafting of the declaration and is a signatory of the declaration, issued early in 2024.
This declaration includes, among other things, our commitment to South Africa and an offer to help resolve the crises that affect everyone in the country. In this declaration we also endorsed the equality of all communities in the country as the basis for the participation of all of us in humanity.
At the same time, we also made it clear that a racial dispensation is not compatible with a constitutional democracy, a functioning state and a growing economy that can provide for all its people. The Afrikaner Declaration also states that we regret that some of our compatriots had to leave the country against their will because they no longer saw a future here. We still feel that conditions should rather be created for Afrikaners to remain sustainably free, safe and prosperous in South Africa so that we can make a lasting contribution to the country and all of its people.
Unfortunately, the ANC refused the hand of cooperation we extended by introducing legislation aimed at Afrikaans schools, expropriation and even harsher racial laws and this under a government of national unity.
The outcomes of the ANC’s policies are the best indicator that ANC policy has failed, even achieving the opposite of what they were intended for.
We still believe that restoration is the best model to address the crises such as poverty, unemployment and inequality that afflict our country, rather than the transformation model which is being pursued, which has proven to be part of the problem rather than the solution.
