Right-Wing Groups - South African Government Information

TOEKOMSGESPREK
31. The To e k o m s g e s p rek (TG) 223 was established in the mid-eighties as a counter to
the NP’s Bro e d e r b o n d 224 , using similar structures, pro c e d u res for re c r u i t m e n t ,
initiation rites and so on. Membership of the TG was by invitation only and only
after proper screening by all other members. In October 1990, the TG argued in
a policy document that the CP would have to settle for a smaller state, taking
cognisance of the fact that blacks had become a permanent fixture in ‘white’
South Africa. Although supposedly a political and cultural movement, evidence
in amnesty applications points to its paramilitary activities.
32. Amnesty applicant Mr Daniel Benjamin Snyders [AM0074/96] testified that he
had been involved with To e k o m s g e s p rek since the mid-1980s, helping to set up
neighbourhood watch groups from the CP, HNP and AWB. In late 1990, the
AWB declared a ‘white-by-night’ rule for blacks in many rural towns, giving their
members ‘permission’ to use violence to forcibly remove blacks who transg
ressed the ‘curfew’. Eugene Te r re’Blanche claimed that Adriaan Vlok gave
them the go-ahead for this ‘crime prevention exerc i s e ’.
33. To e k o m s g e s p re k ’s defence system grew rapidly, as did the other activities with
which it was tasked at the Vo l k s b e r a a d. 225
These included burning down NP
o ffices, taking charge of the commando system, making bombs with explosives
obtained from the mines and joining forces with the SADF and the SAP. The
country was divided into regions and commanders were appointed.
B O E R E W E E R S TANDSBEWEGING
34. The Boereweerstandsbeweging (BWB) 226 was established in 1991 as one of the
most radical and potentially most violent groupings. Led by Mr Andrew Ford, a
farmer from the Rustenburg area, the BWB was strongly influenced by the ideas
of Mr Robert van To n d e r ’s Boerestaat Party 227 Its organisation was based on a
cell structure, and the separate cells were not supposed to have knowledge of
one another. These cells were associated with numerous bombings, notably the
bombing of an Indian business area at Bronkhorstspruit in October 1993 in
223 Discussion of the Future.
224 A secret society composed of Afrikaners holding key jobs in all walks of life.
225 National or people’s consultation.
226 Boer Resistance Movement.
227 Boer State Pa r t y.
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