Afrikaner Volksfront
South African separatist organization / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Afrikaner Volksfront (AVF; English: Afrikaner People's Front) was a separatist umbrella organisation uniting a number of right-wing Afrikaner organisations in South Africa in the early 1990s.
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Quick Facts Founder, Leaders ...
Afrikaner People's Front | |
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Afrikaner Volksfront | |
Founder | Constand Viljoen, Tienie Groenewald, Koos Bischoff, and Cobus Visser |
Leaders | Constand Viljoen, Ferdi Hartzenberg, and Piet Botha |
President | Ferdi Hartzenberg |
Chief secretary | Piet Botha |
Dates of operation | 7 May 1993 (1993-05-07) ā November 1996 (1996-11) |
Group(s) | Boerestaat Party, Herstigte Nasionale Party, and Oranjewerkers |
Motives | Establishment of a "Volkstaat" |
Ideology | Afrikaner nationalism |
Political position | Right-wing |
Status | Defunct |
Allies | Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging |
Battles and wars | 1994 Bophuthatswana crisis |
Colours | Orange, white, blue, and green |
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