Afrikaner Broederbond

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The Afrikaner Broederbond was a secretive, exclusively white male Afrikaner organization that wielded significant political and cultural influence in South Africa, particularly in shaping and promoting apartheid-era policies.

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instanceOf Afrikaner organization
political pressure group
secret society
aimedTo advance Afrikaner economic interests
promote Afrikaner political dominance
strengthen Afrikaner cultural identity
associatedWith National Party governments
apartheid system in South Africa
characteristic cell-based structure
oath-bound members
secret membership lists
country South Africa
criticizedFor racist exclusionary policies
role in designing apartheid
undemocratic influence
dissolution early 1990s
ethnicFocus Afrikaners
foundingDate 1918
foundingPlace Johannesburg
hadMember B. J. Vorster
D. F. Malan
Hendrik Verwoerd
P. W. Botha
many senior apartheid-era cabinet ministers
senior civil servants in apartheid South Africa
senior military officers in apartheid South Africa
headquartersLocation Johannesburg
ideology Afrikaner nationalism
Christian nationalism
influenced Afrikaner cultural institutions
Dutch Reformed Church leadership
National Party (South Africa)
apartheid government structures
education policy in apartheid South Africa
state broadcasting policy in South Africa
languageOfOrganization Afrikaans
membershipRestriction Afrikaner males only
white males only
notableFor influence on apartheid policy
secret political networking
operatedAs clandestine network
operatedDuring 20th century
originalName Jong Suid-Afrika
periodOfGreatestInfluence 1948–1990
politicalOrientation right-wing
religiousOrientation Calvinism
status defunct organization
successorOrganization Afrikanerbond
linked to: Afrikaner Bond
usedMethod behind-the-scenes lobbying
coordination of Afrikaner elites
placement of members in key positions

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Afrikaner nationalism associatedWith Afrikaner Broederbond
Die Transvaler associatedWith Afrikaner Broederbond
Broederbond renamedAs Afrikaner Broederbond
Broederbond reformedAs Afrikanerbond
linked to: Afrikaner Broederbond
Afrikaner churches relatedMovement Broederbond (Afrikaner Broederbond)
linked to: Afrikaner Broederbond