‖bestuur, noun

/bəˈstyːr/
Forms:
Also with initial capital.
Origin:
Afrikaans.
a. The government or administration of a predominantly Afrikaans-speaking area; the executive of an (Afrikaans) organization. Also attributive.
1885 Pall Mall Gaz. (U.K.) 12 May 8Stellaland will be governed by the Bestuur under the advice of Captain Trotter and Vincent.
1936 C. Birkby Thirstland Treks 230The Bestuur, as the organization became known, planned to divide the 3 000 morgen that composed Cannon Island into erfs of from eight to ten morgen in size.
1936 E.C. Llewellyn Influence of Low Dutch 171Bestuur..was a term borrowed to describe the government or administration in the Dutch-speaking parts of South Africa as distinct from the English.
c1949 Currey & Snell Threat to Freedom (Standing Comm. of Assoc. Church Schools) 3At this conference an Institute of Christian National Education..was established, and its executive (bestuur) was instructed to draw up a statement of the principles of ‘Christian National Education’.
b. With distinguishing epithets denoting different types of administration:
afdelingsbestuur/afˈdiələŋs -/, also Afdelings Bestuur, [Afrikaans (from Dutch), afdeling division + linking phoneme -s-], the divisional committee of a political party;
||dagbestuur/ˈdaxbəstyːr/ [Afrikaans, dag day], the management committee or executive of a political party; also attributive;
hoofbestuur/ˈhuəf-/ [Afrikaans, hoof head, chief], the head committee or national executive of a political party.
1934 Star 2 Feb. (Swart)This was the gist of resolutions passed at a meeting of the Afdelings Bestuur.
1943 I. Frack S. Afr. Doctor 92The ‘afdelingsbestuur’ or district committee had its headquarters in Helfontein, and consisted of delegates from each little branch in the district.
1956 M. Rogers Black Sash 54The ‘Dagbestuur’ of the Transvaal Nationalist Party was to consider the 150 applications for senatorships.
1972 Sunday Times 5 Mar. 5Mr Cuyler..is a member of the Transvaal Dagbestuur.
1980 Evening Post 11 Nov. 8The..dagbestuur election..will take place on November 29.
1990 Daily Dispatch 19 July 15The chairman of the DP’s ‘Dagbestuur’..said the party was being placed on an immediate election footing.
1991 E. Prov. Herald 18 July 1The election of the NWC — effectively the ANC’s ‘Dagbestuur’ or ‘shadow cabinet’ — is at the top of the agenda.
1934 Argus 9 Mar. (Swart)This meeting wishes to express its approval of the agreement between the Hoofbestuur and General –, but with the clear understanding that the principles of the Party will be maintained in the new constitution.
The government or administration of a predominantly Afrikaans-speaking area; the executive of an (Afrikaans) organization. Also attributive.
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