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Arno van Niekerk sy \r<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>nuutste boek, Wat maak Suid-Afrika spesiaal?, aan Suid-Afrikaners op.\r<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Ek het in &#8216;n hotelkamer in Salzburg in Oostenryk gesit en gedink aan hoe spesiaal Suid-Afrikaners is. Ek het die prentjie in my kop gesien van die Springbokke en die suksesresep wat hulle gehad het om die land se mense bymekaar te bring,&#8221; vertel hy.\r<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Siya Kolisi en Rassie Erasmus het dit reggekry om &#8216;n span wat s\u00f3 divers is, as &#8216;n wonderlike eenheid te laat funksioneer. Ek het besef hoe waardevol die krag van eenheid is.&#8221;\r<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Binne &#8216;n maand het Van Niekerk hierdie gedagte geneem en &#8216;n boek geskryf om vir Suid-Afrikaners te wys wat almal saambind.\r<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In die voorwoord tot die boek s\u00ea gerespekteerde nasiebouers John Mathuhle: &#8220;Daar is min boeke wat ons laat lag vir onsself, terwyl dit ons terselfdertyd uitnooi om dieper waarhede oor wie ons as mense is, in die o\u00eb te kyk. Dit is vir my &#8216;n groot eer om prof. Arno van Niekerk te ken \u2013 &#8216;n briljante, maar nederige mens wie se diepe liefde vir ons pragtige land en sy ryk verskeidenheid kulture sigbaar is in wat hy doen.&#8221;\r<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nog &#8216;n vriend van Van Niekerk, die akteur Zane Meas, skryf: &#8220;Hierdie boek is skerpsinnig, soms snaaks, soms eerlik tot op die been \u2013 maar altyd diep menslik.\r<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Arno het daarin geslaag om te s\u00ea wat baie van ons voel, maar dikwels sukkel om in woorde uit te druk. Hy herinner ons aan iets belangrik met hierdie vraag: &#8216;Is hierdie hele misverstand oor &#8216;swart&#8217; en &#8216;wit&#8217; nie iets waaroor ons eers moet kan lag nie? 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Dit vra die leser om saam met hom na te dink en dit is &#8216;n uitnodiging om saam te bou aan &#8216;n beter toekoms.\r<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van Niekerk skryf hierdie boek vir almal wat homself of haarself &#8216;n Suid-Afrikaner noem. \r<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Om met almal te praat, is die boek reeds in Afrikaans en Engels beskikbaar, en beplan hy ook om dit in ander \r<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>landstale soos Sotho, Zoeloe, Xhosa en Tswana te laat vertaal. Rig navrae aan hom deur &#8216;n WhatsApp-boodskap na 084 208 6211 te stuur.\r<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;n Brugbou-geleentheid waar Suid-Afrikaners genooi word om oor die toekoms te gesels vind op Donderdag 21 Mei om 18:30 by die Rusplek-gastehuis in Univertas plaas. Kopie\u00eb van die boek sal ook daar beskikbaar wees.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lientjie Mentz Aan die pragtige mense van Suid-Afrika, in al hul kleur en verskeidenheid. S\u00f3 dra Bloemfonteinse ekonoom en skrywer prof. 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