ism. In Rasse en Rasvermenging (Races and Race Mixing), G. Eloff de-
scribed distinct white, black, and yellow races, each with its spiritual as
well as biological characteristics: "The preservation of the pure race tradi-
tion of the Boerevolk must be protected at all costs in all possible ways as a
holy pledge entrusted to us by our ancestors as part of God's plan with our
People. Any movement, school, or individual who sins against this must be
dealt with as a racial criminal by the effective authorities."?"
A militant organization known as the Ossewa Brandwag (Oxwagon
Sentinel) welcomed the spate of German successes and resorted to sabotage
but did not threaten the state. Malan meanwhile retained control of the
National
party, which absorbed
some of the men who had followed
Hertzog out of the United party and ejected others, including Hertzog
himself. The National party adhered to constitutional methods and, as the
prospects of a German victory dwindled, won the whole-hearted allegiance
of the Broederbond and the other Afrikaner cultural and economic organi-
zations. Although the ruling coalition composed of the United party, the
Labour party, and the anglophile Dominion party won
105
seats in the
general election of 1943, the National party, with 43 seats, emerged as the