Broederbond

British  

/ ˈbrʊdəˌbɔːnt, ˈbruːdəˌbɒnt /

noun

1. (in South Africa) a secret society of Afrikaner Nationalists committed to securing and maintaining Afrikaner control over important areas of government

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Etymology

Origin of Broederbond

Afrikaans: band of brothers

Example Sentences

He had been reared in the Afrikaners’ rural heartland, steeped in its Afrikaans language and Calvinist religion, raised on its tales of grievance against their English conquerors in the Boer War, and even inducted as a young man into the junior branch of the Broederbond, a secret society whose members included apartheid’s political, economic, and military élite.

From The New Yorker

While Judge Rumpff was an able man and better informed than the average white South African, he was rumored to be a member of the Broederbond, a secret Afrikaner organization whose aim was to solidify Afrikaner power.

From Literature

In the 1970s and early 1980s he was chairman of the South African Bureau of Racial Affairs, a conservative organization that served as a government advisory board, and he was a leader of Broederbond, an influential society of Afrikaners whose aim was to further the cause of Afrikaner nationalism in South Africa.

From New York Times

By 1981, Dr. Smith had withdrawn from the Broederbond, resigned his professorship and left the Dutch Reformed Church.

From New York Times

He was a member of the elite, secretive Afrikaner fellowship the Broederbond and taught theology at the University of Stellenbosch.

From New York Times