Ideology
When founded, the HNP emphasised above all its Afrikaner identity, attacking immigration, seeking to downgrade the importance of the English language, and endorsing apartheid. The party also launched an attack on the materialism that it felt was taking over South African society and thus sought to present itself as the voice of working class Afrikaners. It frequently attacked the "Liberalism" of the National Party regime, arguing that it was gradually diluting apartheid and offering too many concessions to non-Whites.
The party reject the concept of a Volkstaat, claiming all of South Africa for the Afrikaner instead. It believes that the interests of the black population will be sufficiently met in the former homelands. The HNP have no clear plan as to how the return to Verwoerdian South Africa could be achieved. The party also emphasises the importance of Calvinism to the South African identity.
The party does not recognise the new order in South Africa, and as a result, encourages people not to vote as part of their policy of resistance. However, this also makes it impossible to determine the exact support levels the party enjoys.
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