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Inquiries into the Broederbond / secret organisations

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Kind commission or official report
Producer Botha Commission; NHK Synod
Coverage 1964-1965
Works using it 2

Debates

Debate Works
Origins, coherence and ideology of apartheid and Afrikaner nationalism 2

Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
O'Meara (1977) Oelofse Report: Die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk en die Afrikaner Broederbond (General Synod, 23 April 1964) 1964 report; Bond documents 1918 onward Source for the Bond's constitution, organizational structure, selection procedures and the dating of its early expansion.
O'Meara (1977) Report of the Commission of Enquiry into Secret Organisations (R.P. 20/1965) (Botha Commission) 1965 report, covering Bond history Supplies the Bond's own description of its purpose, early formation and policy-formation process, and the Helpmekaar job-vacancy document.
Wilkins and Strydom (1978) Oelofse report (judicial commission on secret organisations) c.1960s Cited for the date of the decision to make the Bond secret.