Ideology
As stated by Borckenhagen, the Afrikaner Bond was established for "..the States of South Africa to be federated in one independent republic.", free from British Imperialism. However the Cape Colony branch of the bond was less extreme in its republicanism and more inclined to cohabit with indirect British rule.
The Afrikaner Bond, as established in 1881, claimed to represent all those who considered Africa to be their home, rather than Europe. These so-defined "Afrikanders" were predominantly white farmers of Dutch extraction, though the initial bond was explicitly defined as a non-racial organisation, open to people of all races. Its stated aim was to advance "Afrikander" interests from the Cape to the Limpopo River.
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