In 1999 President Thabo Mbeki addressed the Afrikaner Bond, which was founded as an organisation to promote the same cultural goals as the Afrikaner Broederbond. He said the following:
‘One of the biggest problems facing our people today is that of poverty.
Our duty is not only poverty alleviation, but also how to end this poverty, how to create an enabling environment for all our people to work, eat, learn and live their lives to the full... The Afrikaners have vast experience in these areas; and we challenge everyone today to come into partnership with government in making this programme a success.
The ANC never extended such a concrete invitation.
In 2018 when the Afrikaner Bond celebrated the centenary of the founding of Afrikaner Broederbond, President Cyril Rapmaphosa, who was the main guest speaker, stated:
‘The fact that we mark the centenary of the Afrikanerbond in the same year as we celebrate the centenary of the births of Nelson Mandela and Albertina Sisulu is important not only in understanding our past. It is just as important – perhaps even more so – for understanding our future. Nelson Mandela and Albertina Sisulu were among the most consistent proponents of a united, non-racial, non-sexist society in which all would have equal rights and opportunities.