A term used for those of Dutch,
French Huguenot, German Protestant (& others) descent who speak Afrikaans living in Southern
Africa: The Republic of South
Africa, Botswana & Namibia. The ancestors of Afrikaners arrived in the Cape begining in 1652 & are divided between those in the Cape & those of Voortrekker descent.
He
spoke Afrikaans & was native to South
Africa considering himself much more
African than European hence he must be an Afrikaner.