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Baasskap
Baasskap was a concept that was heavily promoted during Apartheid South Africa mainly by radical Afrikaners and the ruling National Party in order to arouse negative sentiments against black South Africans. The term literally translates from Afrikaans to English as "boss-ship", but a more applicable transliteration is "domination", which is reflective of the idea that "the white man must always be boss".

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ANC-style baasskap not good for the country.(News)
May 02, 2007; There is a cyclical pattern to events in history. In 1994, former president Nelson Mandela vowed that South Africa would never...
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baasskap
Jan 01, 1999; baasskap noun M20 Afrikaans (from Dutch baasschap , from baas + - schap - ship). Domination, especially of non-whites by whites.
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World Cup should be for Africans.(News)
Apr 15, 2007; Where is Africa in the 2010 World Cup? The recent statements by Jackie Selebi, the police commissioner, suggesting that...
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Exercising boss rule
Apr 10, 1994; THE VICTORY of the National Party in the 1948 white election in South Africa opened the box marked Apartheid. Baasskap, boss...
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South Africa: Glossary
Jan 01, 1991; 00-00-0000 Glossary apartheid-Afrikaans word literally meaning separateness; refers variously to: (1) ruling National Party's...
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