Post-Apartheid
It joined the Afrikaner Volksfront of General Constand Viljoen in 1991 although the front collapsed in 1994 when many of the members refused to participate in South Africa's first multi-racial elections. The HNP drifted away from Viljoen and did not join his Freedom Front. As a result, it has become something of a marginal force in contemporary South Africa, arguing for the self-determination of the white Afrikaners and a return to Verwoerdian Apartheid. The party motto is "Dié Land is ons Land" (This land is our land).
It re-emerged in 2004, when the party lodged an official complaint against SABC 3 when it broadcast a play entitled 'ID' which satirized the killing of Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd. Although the HNP argued that it portrayed Verwoerd and his supporters unfairly, the complaint was rejected by the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa.
Jaap Marais died in 2000, and was replaced as leader by Willie Marais. Willie Marais died in December 2007, and was replaced as leader by Japie Theart. The present leader is Andries Breytenbach.
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