Who are the Afrikaners in South Africa and what is their current situation?

Afrikaners are descendants of Dutch colonialists who introduced slavery to South Africa and formalized apartheid as government policy in 1948. Despite comprising only 7% of South Africa's population, they own the majority of the country's private land. This disproportionate land ownership stems from eight decades of racist laws that banned non-whites from owning land in approximately 93% of the country. The stark imbalance in land distribution has led to debates about redistribution policies and concerns among the Afrikaner community about their future in post-apartheid South Africa.