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‖ witdoek, n. S. Afr.|ˈvɪtduk|
Also wit doek, (partially anglicized) white-doek. Pl. witdoeke, witdoeks.
[Afrikaans, lit. ‘white headscarf’, f. wit white + doek (head)cloth, headscarf: see doek n.]
A member of a conservative Black vigilante movement operating in the townships around Cape Town, and identified by the wearing of a white cloth or scarf about the head. Chiefly in pl.
1980M. Tholo Diary 177 In those bushes there are a group of white-doeks. We're waiting for them. 1986Cape Times 22 Mar. 2/8 A ‘bail fund’ reportedly to post bail for ‘witdoek’ fighters who were arrested in January. Ibid. 26 Mar. 1 About 300 ‘witdoeke’ there were told..to wear white strips of cloth round their heads ‘so we could know each other’. 1987Sunday Tel. 28 June 9/5 ‘Fathers’ and ‘witdoek’ are both derived from the conservative vigilante forces which arose, allegedly with police help or connivance, to counter the comrades. 1990Independent 15 Sept. 29/7 One of the nights when the witdoeks are around and the police are demolishing the shacks and burning them down. |