The Jameson Raid of 1896 caused the "Afrikaner Bond" to break with Rhodes. Du Toit broke with the "Afrikaner Bond" and through "Die Afrikaanse Patriot" backed Rhodes both in the Jameson Raid and in the Second Anglo-Boer War. He stood for the Cape Parliament in 1898 but failed to get elected. In 1904, following financial problems "DF du Toit &amp; Co", the company that owned "Die Afrikaanse Patriot" was sold and the paper was succeeded by the "Paarl Post".