"B. J." Vorster (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈbaltɑːzar juəˈhanəs ˈfɔrstər]; 13 December 1915 – 10 September 1983), better known as John Vorster, was a South...
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Johannesburg Central Police Station (redirect from John Vorster Square)
called John Vorster Square, after Prime Minister B.J. Vorster. John Vorster Square was officially opened on the 23 August 1968 by John Vorster, then the...
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State President John Vorster. Martini Steyn Malan was born in Worcester and married future Prime Minister and State President John Vorster in 1941. They...
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appointed Minister of Defence by Verwoerd and served under the government of John Vorster, upon Verwoerd's murder later that year. Under his 14 years in charge...
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the Orange Free State J. G. Strijdom: Prime Minister of South Africa John Vorster: Prime Minister of South Africa Christiaan Frederik Beyers: Second Boer...
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They were called one year earlier than scheduled by Prime Minister John Vorster on 4 February. The House of Assembly was increased in size from 166 to...
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van den Bergh, who, while special Security Adviser to Prime Minister John Vorster, was instrumental in its establishment. The Truth and Reconciliation...
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despite the country having left the Commonwealth. In 1968, Prime Minister John Vorster proposed that a new national flag for South Africa be adopted in 1971...
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two men. He was a minister in the governments of Hendrik Verwoerd and John Vorster. Until 1969, he successively dealt with mines, home affairs, immigration...
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Salazar of Portugal, Gustáv Husák of Czechoslovakia, and most notably John Vorster and P. W. Botha of South Africa, denouncing apartheid as a "particularly...
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detained again, following the unrest in Soweto, and held for six months at John Vorster Square under the Terrorism Act. After his release, he became a law clerk...
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California Press, 1983, page 161 South Africa: A War Won, Time, 9 June 1961 John Vorster, former South African Prime Minister, Dies At 67, The New York Times...
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age of 29 from injuries sustained when he fell from the top floor of John Vorster Square police station in Johannesburg. Police claimed, and an official...
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Strauß Margaret Thatcher Paul Vanden Boeynants Jean Violet Paul Volcker John Vorster Nadhim Zahawi Vuuren, Hennie van (2019). Apartheid Guns and Money: A...
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them. Israel, like South Africa, is an apartheid state." His successor John Vorster also maintained the same view. In October 1962 at the UN General Assembly...
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allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself while being held at the John Vorster Square police station. About 15,000 mourners attended Aggett's funeral...
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acting State President from 21 August 1978 to 10 October 1978, when B.J. Vorster was briefly elected to the position. Viljoen was seen as a relatively-moderate...
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and Motaung unknowingly fled in the direction of the police station in John Vorster Square. Mahlangu was shot in the ankle and the pair fled into a nearby...
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member of the National Party and cabinet minister in the governments of John Vorster and P. W. Botha. He was born in 1927 in Uniondale in the Cape Province...
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interpreted as a reference to a leading politician, B. J. Vorster, who styled himself "John" Vorster and became prime minister of the apartheid regime in 1966...
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and sciences and information 1966–1967 John Vorster Johannes de Klerk National education 1968–1969 John Vorster Johannes Petrus van der Spuy Education...
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260 km inside Angola. The operation ended on 10 May 1978. Prime Minister John Vorster met his defence advisers in December 1977.: 71 They discussed the need...
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was named as the Minister of Information in 1968 by the Prime Minister John Vorster. He was later appointed as the Minister of Bantu Administration (later...
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white South Africans supported Rhodesia, South African Prime Minister John Vorster's policy of détente with the black African states ended up with Rhodesia...
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Viljoen (acting from 21 August until 9 October). John Vorster (from 10 October). Prime Minister: John Vorster (until 2 October). P.W. Botha (from 9 October)...
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office 31 May 1961 – 1 June 1967 Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd Johannes Vorster Preceded by Elizabeth II (as Queen of South Africa) Himself (as Governor-General)...
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assassinated within one month, and hardliner John Vorster was endorsed by the NP caucus to replace him; Vorster was to become South Africa's longest consecutive-serving...
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1976 in South Africa. State President: Nico Diederichs. Prime Minister: John Vorster. Chief Justice: Frans Lourens Herman Rumpff. January 5 – The SABC begins...
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Minister of Justice and the Police in the cabinet of Prime Minister John Vorster from 1974 to 1979. He was also President of the Senate from 1979 until...
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pilot plant for the enrichment of uranium was under way. Prime Minister John Vorster said of the development that "our sole objective in the development and...
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