The Afrikaner Broederbond is formed

On 5 June 1918 disaffected Afrikaners were brought together in a new organisation called Jong Suid-Afrika (Young South Africa). In 1919 the organisation changed its name to Afrikaner Broederbond (Afrikaner Brotherhood). A rigorous selection process was maintained and membership - by invitation only - was restricted to white, Protestant, Afrikaner men over the age of 25. Although the organisation’s political power was evident throughout South African society, its rituals and membership remained secret. In 1993, the Afrikaner Broederbond, under its new name,Afrikanerbond made a resolution to end the secrecy by opening membership to women and other races. By 1938 another Afrikaner organisation Ossewabrandwag‘oxwagon guard’ (OB), was formed by Johannes Frederik Janse 'Hans' van Rensburg. The main objective of the OB was to formally represent growing Afrikaner nationalism stimulated by the Great Trek centenary celebrations. Its elite paramilitary wing was the Stormjaers.  The Stormjaers were responsible for severe acts of sabotage in South Africa during World War II, in protest against Jan Smuts' United Party government and its support for the British during World War II.