Afrikaner Broederbond

The African Broederbond (short AB or Broederbond ) was a nationalistic organization of Afrikaans (in contrast to English ) European-born population in South Africa, commonly referred to as Boers. The culturally, economically and politically active union was founded as Jong Suid -Afrika in May 1918 and renamed in 1919 in African Broederbond. Between 1921 and 1993, this organization acted in their self- understanding as a secret society.

It was in the aftermath of the Second Boer War, founded with the aim to collect the defeated of Britain Boer white population and to bring to power. With the election victory in 1948, the Boer party who Nasionale Party, this goal was achieved politically.

The Broederbond was always in very close relationship with the Nasionale Party (English National Party ) and other political organizations of the Boers. He was thus an ideological center for the racist conditions ( apartheid ) in South Africa. In 1993 we changed the goals and opened up for the membership of women and nichtburischen population circles. As part of this transformation, the Africans Broederbond renamed and bares the name Africans Bond.

Chairman

Reception

Henning Mankell's novel In The White Lioness members of the Broederbond are the masterminds behind a fictional planned attack on Nelson Mandela.