Excerpts from Volkstaat Secession; or Jus Sanguinis Right of Return: African White Refugees Briefing Paper 10/31/16#
Numerical Significance of 10/31/16 10: 10 October 1825 Birth of a Boer President: Paul Kruger: Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (10 October 1825 – 14 July 1904), better known as Paul Kruger, or Uncle Paul (Afrikaans: "Oom Paul") was State President of the South African Republic (Transvaal), four times. He gained international renown as the face of Boer resistance against the British during the South African or Second Boer War (1899–1902). Kruger was also instrumental in the formation of the Kruger National Park, after advocating the policy of setting aside specific areas for animals to proliferate without human interference. Kruger was a descendant of German immigrants to South Africa. His ancestor, Jacobus Krüger, emigrated from Berlin to South Africa in 1713 to work as a mercenary for the Dutch East India Company (VOC). There are streets and squares named after Kruger in Dutch towns and cities. In Amsterdam's Transvaalbuurt where most of the names of the streets and squares are taken from the Boer wars there is a Krugerstraat and a Krugerplein. There are other "Transvaalbuurts" in other Dutch towns and cities. These names were given some years after the Second Boer War.
31: 31 October 1517 Martin Luther Posts 95 Theses on door of Castle Church, sparking the Protestant Reformation The 95 Theses on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences, is widely regarded as the primary catalyst for the Protestant Reformation. Luther considered the doctrine of Indulgences to be religious corruption. The sale by the church of indulgences (forgiveness) made the church huge profits. The archbishop of Mainz, Albert of Brandenburg, sponsored such a sale in 1517 to pay the pope for his appointment to Mainz and for the construction of Saint Peter's in Rome. He selected Johann Tetzel, a Dominican friar, to preach the indulgences and collect the revenues. When Tetzel arrived in Saxony, Luther posted his famous 95 theses on the door of the church of All Saints ("Castle Church"), at Univ. of Wittenberg. Copies of the 95 theses quickly spread throughout Europe and unleashed a storm of controversy. The Saxon Dominican provincial charged Luther with heresy, and he was summoned to appear in Augsburg before the papal legate, Cardinal Cajetan. Refusing to recant, he fled to Wittenberg, seeking the protection of the elector Frederick III, (Frederick the Wise) of Saxony. When the Wittenberg faculty sent a letter to Frederick declaring its solidarity with Luther, the elector refused to send Luther to Rome, where he would certainly meet imprisonment or death.
16: 16 December 1838 Battle of Blood River: The Day of the Vow: Afrikaner’s Covenant with God The Battle of Blood River, so called due to the colour of water in the Ncome River turning red from blood, (Afrikaans: Slag van Bloedrivier; Zulu: iMpi yaseNcome) was fought between 470 Voortrekkers led by Andries Pretorius, and an estimated 10,000–15,000 Zulu attackers on the bank of the Ncome River on 16 December 1838, in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Casualties amounted to three thousand of King Dingane's soldiers dead, including two Zulu princes competing with prince Mpande for the Zulu throne. Three Trekker commando members were lightly wounded, including Pretorius himself. The besieged Voortrekkers took a public vow (or covenant) together before the battle, led by either Andries Pretorius or Sarel Cilliers. In return for God's help in obtaining victory, they promised to build a church. Participants also vowed that they and their descendants would keep the day as a holy Sabbath. In 1994, the ANC Government unilaterally changed the name to the „Day of Reconciliation‟, while escalating their „breeding war‟ tactic of war: the population explosion of poverty & misery blamed on apartheid!
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