Any proof of this ? The AWB has never been even close to anything similar to that of the old NP.
Proof of a decades old intelligence project is a difficult thing. To me all the scrapes that ET actually got out of is generally proof enough. On the other hand using the AWB as a controlled opposition that never made things difficult enough to need to ban them..... has obvious benefits. Though of course I admit that it's quite possible that I could be coming to the wrong conclusions.
Crucially after the NP died.... so basically did the AWB and today they are nothing compared to what they once were which indicates that they possibly lost their benefactor or that the entire movement hinged on the personality of ET or both.
LOL
Where was the AWB before Mandela was released ? All of the people involved with the AWB left the NP as a result of the change in policy that led to democracy. Both EFF and AWB are radical offshoots of the ruling party at the time.
EDIT: Ref
en.wikipedia.org
Actually the AWB had extended flirtations and alliances with both the HNP and CP at one point attempting to facilitate a merger between the two so that they could form a proper opposition force to the NP. There was also this little game later of the NP demanding the AWB participate as a political party.
It could be said that the function of the AWB switched at some point to inflame tensions to actually ensure that no proper opposition forces survived.
Publicly the AWB was completely anti-NP at the end with from what I remember the NP continually accusing the CP of controlling the AWB. The "far right"(whether they actually were or not) actions of the AWB served to provide political legitimacy for the NP.
If you think about it the AWB was the perfect deniable asset the NP potentially used against all white opposition. No tangible proof of any of this that I am aware of though.