Sabra, noun

/ˈsæbrə//ˈsabra/
Forms:
Also SABRA, S.A.B.R.A.
Origin:
Acronym formed on South African Bureau of Racial Affairs.
An organization established as a ‘think-tank’ on racial matters for the National Party (within the ideological framework of separate development). Also attributive.
1952 L.E. Neame White Man’s Afr. 60Sabra — as it is called for short — has devoted a great deal of time and study to the problem.
1956 M. Rogers Black Sash 140The nature of S.A.B.R.A. — the South African Bureau of Racial Affairs — was examined and discussed.
1961 Z.J. De Beer Multi-racial S. Afr. 32Certain Nationalist intellectuals, mainly identified with a body called SABRA (South African Bureau for Racial Affairs), gave very strong support to the apartheid ideology..on the basis that it would be complete partition.
1970 Survey of Race Rel. (S.A.I.R.R.) 14Sabra has again pressed for a more speedy and radical programme of separate development than the Government envisages.
1974 C.J. Jooste in Std Encycl. of Sn Afr. X. 91South African Bureau of Racial Affairs (Sabra). Independent, non-profit-making organization established in 1948 with the twofold aim of promoting harmonious relations between the different peoples of South Africa, and their development in the political, economic and other spheres. The separate development of peoples is its declared policy and on that basis it seeks to promote peaceful co-existence in the subcontinent.
1974 E. Prov. Herald 20 July 2Officials had tea or shook hands with Blacks in order to protect the white nation, the Director of Homelands..said...He assured 165 Afrikaner schoolchildren at the Sabra Youth Congress that it was not an infringement of apartheid — ‘it’s a sacrifice for the sake of the people’.
1987 Race Rel. Survey 1986 (S.A.I.R.R.) 174Professor Boshoff..explained that while SABRA mirrored the traditional viewpoint and stand of the Afrikaner, anybody from another white group would be welcome in SABRA.
1989 Reader’s Digest Illust. Hist. of S. Afr. 491South African Bureau of Racial Affairs (SABRA), NP ‘think-tank’ on racial affairs.
1990 D. Caldwell in Frontline Sept. 24Pleased by February’s unbannings? Well, if the ANC got power, it would ban ‘the NP, CP, AWB, HNP, Afrikanervolkswag, SABRA, [etc.]’.
An organization established as a ‘think-tank’ on racial matters for the National Party (within the ideological framework of separate development). Also attributive.
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