What of the Future for South Africans abroad?

No-one can really tell what will happen in the future, whether it be 2 years, 2 decades or 2 generations. As far as it goes with South Africans living overseas the chances are greater that they will be assimilated into the society of their choosing.

Case and study is a group of Boer soldiers that were captured by the British during the Second Boer War. Like most countries during wartime P.O.W's are removed sometimes as far from the battlefield as possible, in this case the South African soldiers were shipped to Argentina where, after the war they could not return, or at least the British did not give a damn and just left them there. This all happened before the Treaty of Versailles or before any boundaries were drawn up as to conduct in war.

The families of these soldiers still live in Argentina, they speak Spanish and still to this day carry Afrikaans names, they are very religious and still speak a type of Afrikaans that has become bastardised over time, yet the one thing that they all can sing and are taught is .......Sarie Marais, a song sung by the Boers during the Boer War.

Whilst air travel makes it easier to get around the question here is are we all aware what will become of us, do we know who we are and are we willing to give up our South African roots for another cultures? This is a question I ask my self a lot- I do not have the answer but I hope that one day I will.