The Orde van die Dood was a militant offshoot of the Afrikaner Resistance Movement (Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging

Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging

The Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging is a South African far right separatist political and former paramilitary organization, since its creation dedicated to secessionist Afrikaner nationalism and the creation of an independent Boer-Afrikaner republic or "" in part of South Africa...

) which sought to create a white Boer homeland (Volkstaat

Volkstaat

Volkstaat is a proposal for the establishment of self determination for the Boer and Afrikaners minority in South Africa according to federal principles, alluding to full independence in the form of a homeland for Boer and Afrikaners....

) in South Africa

South Africa

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, beginning in the 1980s.

The movement gained exposure in 1989 when member Cornelius Lottering attempted to assassinate the journalist, Jani Allan

Jani Allan

Jani Allan is a South African columnist and radio commentator. She became a household name as a columnist for the Sunday Times where she worked between 1979-90. She is also known for her alleged affair with an interviewee, the late right-wing political leader Eugène Terre'Blanche...

with a bomb. Lottering was taken to court for charges including killing a black South African taxi driver, Potoko Makgalemele, for OvdD initiation purposes. Lottering was convicted of the murder, but was granted amnesty for the robberies he committed to help finance the OvdD, and of escaping from custody.