Gayton McKenzie versus Bokkieweek
Bokkieweek has dismissed allegations by Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, saying that it will continue to wear its name, emblem, and history with pride.
McKenzie has criticised the annual Bokkieweek tournament, saying it was a racist event as it was exclusively for white Afrikaans children.
He questioned whether exclusive, race- or culture-restricted youth sporting events belong in modern South Africa.
McKenzie noted that official national sporting structures, including SA Rugby, SA Hockey, and Netball South Africa, do not sanction or align with Bokkieweek.
He highlighted that the event operates outside of the official state and national sports frameworks.
McKenzie also opposed Bokkieweek’s use of the Springbok emblem and branding, arguing that they belong to the national rugby team.
Bokkieweek, which is organised by Afrikaner-Volkseie Sport (AVS), hit back at McKenzie, saying that they will continue to wear its name, emblem, and history with pride.
Peter Stans, Chief Executive Officer of Bokkieweek, said that the name Bokkieweek and the emblem used by AVS are not recent or accidental creations.
“Both have formed part of Bokkieweek’s identity for decades. They are registered in the name of Afrikaner Volkseie Sport at the relevant state institutions,” he said.
“The name Bokkieweek has been used officially since 2001 and has formed part of the organisation’s identity for more than two decades.”
He added that the South African Rugby Union registered the word “Bokkie” as a trademark in 2010.
“AVS followed legal processes and protected its established identity. Following this process, Bokkieweek was registered as a trademark in 2024,” he said.
“The name Bokkieweek was therefore not created recently or chosen by chance. It is an established identity built up over decades.”
“The same applies to Bokkieweek’s emblem. The heraldic design used by Bokkieweek was registered with the Bureau of Heraldry on 3 April 2003.”
Before a heraldic design can be registered, it must meet the requirements of the Bureau of Heraldry and be sufficiently distinguished from existing designs.
Bokkieweek’s emblem was evaluated against these requirements and registered as a distinct heraldic design.
“The Springbok head used by Bokkieweek is therefore not the emblem of any other organisation, but its own registered heraldic design,” he said.
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One way to destroy or do away with a, culture is to take away and destroy what that culture stands for and is proud of.
Did this with the name changes of towns,city streets . Then the statues , schools and language.
Symbols, language names of places streets , and places, events, songs, flags. Also standards and values ,religion taken away from schools and public gatherings and more, thiswill destroy a culture.
Also take the land and opportunities,away to earn a living and that culture will be gone.
It is a war against this proud culture called the Afrikaners. They fear these people these Afrikaners because of what they have shown can be done. Build a successfully country , with functioning maintained infrastructure , drinkable water ,working industries, working effective waterworks , this all done by DEDICATED , TRAINED , PROUD PEOPLE IN WHAT THEY DO .
, So criminals can say all they want these Afrikaners will not be giving up .
That is why these criminals fear