witdoeke

noun

1. Members of conservative black vigilante groups in the South African provinces of the Cape and Orange Free State in the 1980s.

   historical

   ‘They were shooting again yesterday. They were giving guns to the witdoeke and the witdoeke were shooting.’

Where it comes from

From Afrikaans wit (“white”) + doek (“cloth”), referring to the strips of white cloth members wore on their heads or arms.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry witdoeke (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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