Afrikaner Volksfront
The Afrikaner Volksfront (AVF; English: Afrikaner People's Front) was a separatist umbrella organisation uniting a number of right-wing Afrikaner organisations in South Africa in the early 1990s.
| Afrikaner People's Front | |
|---|---|
| Afrikaner Volksfront | |
The "Vryheidsvlag" (English: Freedom flag), registered in 1995 with the South African Bureau of Heraldry as the flag of the Afrikaner Volksfront. | |
| Founder | Constand Viljoen, Tienie Groenewald, Koos Bischoff, and Cobus Visser |
| Leaders | Constand Viljoen, Ferdi Hartzenberg, and Piet Botha |
| President | Ferdi Hartzenberg |
| Chief secretary | Piet Botha |
| Dates of operation | 7 May 1993 – November 1996 |
| Group(s) | Boerestaat Party, Herstigte Nasionale Party, and Oranjewerkers |
| Motives | Establishment of a "Volkstaat" |
| Ideology | Afrikaner nationalism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Status | Defunct |
| Allies | Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging |
| Battles and wars | 1994 Bophuthatswana crisis |
| Colours | Orange, white, blue, and green |
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