Only recently, a well-known political figure came up with an idea concerning dual membership of the unified Germany.
Today there are 45 communities and 3,700 members, most of them holding dual membership with the State and Free churches.
Mr. Mhlaba said dual membership created no conflict of interest.
Many states provide a dual membership with their particular state and the National Association.
It was pointed out that if we switched back to dual membership the administration involved would be horrendous.
However, many technicians maintain dual memberships in both organizations.
He was also a member of Delta Chi, then a law fraternity, which permitted dual membership.
The last introduced a period of dual membership, but the experiment ended within 5 years.
All of this was a concerted effort to remove anyone with dual membership from the regiment and to prevent peer pressure being applied.
Professionalism expanded and there was less tolerance of members with dual membership.