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Afrikaner cleric C. F. Beyers Naudé, who died September 7, could have led South Africa’s Dutch Reformed Church as well as the Broederbond, the once-powerful Afrikaner .

His father was a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church DRC and was a founding member of the Afrikaner Broederbond, a secret society aimed at promoting Afrikaner nationalism. In , the family moved to Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape. He received his degree in and completed a Masters degree in languages. He also joined the Broederbond as its youngest member when he was only In August of the same year he married Ilse Weder, the daughter of a Moravian missionary.

He followed the political philosophy of the National Party , but the Sharpeville Massacre in brought about a huge change of heart. He had already begun to question the morality of apartheid after witnessing the destruction of Black family life under the South African migrant labour system. In April of the same year he was appointed moderator.

He was the founder member of the Christian Institute, a nonracial ecumenical organisation that challenged the established the traditional church while providing humanitarian relief. In he resigned from the Broederbond after 22 years of membership. His real turning point came on a Sunday morning in September Already considered a traitor for quitting the Broederbond, he braved complete rejection by the Afrikaner community by condemning apartheid from the pulpit.

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His induction as an elder of the Parkhurst DRC in March caused upheaval in the church community. While addressing youth, he was harassed and forced out of the DRC building in Belgravia. He continued in his position as Director of the Christian Institute, but in May the Security Police raided the organisation's premises. Naude was opposed to violence as a means of change and in he travelled to Europe where he delivered a sermon at Westminister Abbey, London.