Word: afrikanerism
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Parties & Outlooks. Almost the first official act of the government last June was to release Sydney Robey Leibbrandt and others convicted of pro-Nazi agitation and anti-war activities during World War II (TIME, June 28). The government then rescinded Field Marshal Smuts's order forbidding members of two...
Even the Free State's capital, Bloemfontein, proved a pushover for the family's winning ways. "Your people are a very natural people," said the Queen to one staunch Afrikaner. "But you," he answered, "are setting us such a natural example."
Till Death. Every Broeder is an Afrikaner of some standing in business, education or politics who has been watched secretly for years before being offered membership in the Bond. He is sworn in at a spine-chilling ceremony. In sepulchral gloom a light plays fitfully on a blood-spattered bier...
The Bond is run by a Supreme Trinity, an executive council of twelve Apostles, and a general council of numerous Disciples. Lower divisions are subdivided into cells. Breeders, who hold key posts in Government service, work tirelessly for Afrikaner domination over the British. Through its secret members the Bond controls...
In the first public statement in its history, the Broederbond struck back at its ancient enemy Smuts, announced that the Bond would fight Smuts in & out of Parliament. Said the Bond's statement, signed by two members, Christoffel Johannes van Rooy and Ivanhoe Makepeace Lombard: "The Broederbond was born...