Winning power in all three spheres of government will remain a dream for Pieter Groenewald, but the newly-elected Freedom Front Plus (FF+) president is content with the role the party is playing as part of the opposition.

His priorities will include the promotion of Afrikaner pride and fighting for the rights of minorities.

“We must stop the bullying of minority groups in South Africa and that is where the coloured community, for instance, is also involved. We must stop it.

“We say we have a Constitution that believes in equal rights, so I say we must start practising it and say we are all equal.

“There are some Afrikaners who say they are getting worried because they feel ashamed and everything.