Word: afrikanerism
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John Vorster was right about that. Fulfilling the Prime Minister's euphoric election-night prediction, his National Party won 64.8% of the popular vote and 134 of the 165 seats in the new Parliament, an increase of 17. The moderately liberal Progressive Federal Party, supported by many English-speaking...
The election strengthened the verligte (enlightened) wing of the National Party as voters approved a number of attractive party newcomers. Among them: Dr. Jan Marais, 58, the original driving force behind the independent South African Foundation and a maverick Afrikaner who has questioned many of the government's apartheid...
...Prime Minister Jan Smuts in the 1940s, under which Afrikaner children were taught half their subjects in English and the remainder in their native tongue. Since 1948 the Broederbond has completely controlled the educational policy of South Africa; Afrikaner schools perpetuate the philosophy of Christian nationalism and exclusive Afrikanerism...
Membership in the Broederbond is limited to white males of at least 25 years of age who speak Afrikaans and be long to one of the Afrikaner churches. Roughly half of the country's white ministers, school officials and university rectors are Broederbond members. So are virtually all Cabinet...
Each Broederbond division meets monthly and discusses a circular sent out from the head offices in Johannesburg. The circular contains directives on every facet of public life that may become an issue: politics, racial problems, security matters, vacant posts that breeders should fill. Thus on any given issue there are...