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Voortrekkers
The Voortrekkers ( Afrikaans and Dutch for pioneers, literally "fore-pullers", "those in front who pull", "fore-trekkers") mainly consisted of Trekboer pastoralists and Cape Dutch citizens from the Eastern frontier of the Cape Colony who during the 1830s and 1840s left the British controlled Cape; moving into the interior of what is now South Africa in what is known as the Great Trek. The Great Trek consisted of a number of mass movements under a number of different leaders. The Voortrekkers (and the Cape Dutch) are the direct ancestors of the Afrikaners of modern day South Africa.
Voortrekkers (youth organisation)
Voortrekkers can also refer to the historical mass migration of the Afrikaner people: see Voortrekkers.
The Voortrekkers is an Afrikaner youth organisation founded in South Africa in 1931.