Afrikaans Illuminati Part V - A Hearts of Iron 3 AAR

OSSEWABRANDWAG WIN IN TIGHT ELECTION

17/05/1937 

 

The logo of Ossewabrandwag (left) and new Prime Minister Johannes Van Rensburg

In one of the closest fought elections in South African history the far right party Ossewabrandwag and their leader J. F. van Rensburg have shocked the political commentators of the world by narrowly defeating the United Party and winning the right to form the next government. 

When polls closed on Sunday night and the ballots were counted it was announced the Ossewabrandwag had secured an impressive 32% of the vote share. While this put the Ossewabrandwag ahead of the United Party (29%) and the Dominion Party (24%) it was not enough to secure an outright majority in the House of Assembly. 

 

Prime Minister van Rensburg at an Ossewabrandwag rally

Negotiations went on for hours during the night, but this morning J. F. van Rensburg emerged declaring that the Ossewabrandwag had agreed to form a coalition with the National Purified Party.
As part of this agreement National Purified Party leader J.R. Strijidom has been named Minister of Security and other members of his party have been promised cabinet positions in exchange for their support in the House of Assembly.

Van Rensburg had campaigned on a platform of Anti-British rhetoric vowing to end South Africas long-running association with the United Kingdom and to aggressively pursue the interests of the Afrikaans people. The Ossewabrandwag was established in commemoration of the Great Trek (the migration of Boers to the interior). Most of the migrants traveled in ox-drawn wagons, hence the group's name.

 J.R. Strijidom of the National Purified Party

"We stand for Christian Nationalism which is an ally of National Socialism. You can call this anti-democratic principle dictatorship if you wish. In Italy, it is called Fascism, in Germany National Socialism and in South Africa, Christian Nationalism”. The new Prime Minister explained.

Liberal thinkers in South Africa have expressed concerns about what a coalition between two of the nations most far right parties could entail for normal people. Suggestions have been made that the Ossewabrandwag and The National Purified Party could enforce more repressive laws or remove press freedoms.