Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd (Afrikaans pronunciation: [fərˈvuːrt]; 8 September 1901 – 6 September 1966), also known as H. F. Verwoerd, was a Dutch-born South...
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assassination of her husband Hendrik Verwoerd in 1966. Hendrik Verwoerd (1901–1966), South African politician and Prime Minister Melanie Verwoerd (born 1967), South...
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Africa from 2 September 1958 until the assassination of her husband Hendrik Verwoerd on 6 September 1966. Betsie was of Danish descent and born on 17 May...
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Gariep Dam (redirect from Hendrik Verwoerd Dam)
at its commission in 1971, was originally named the Hendrik Verwoerd Dam after Hendrik Verwoerd, the Prime Minister before and after 31 May 1961, when...
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Minister of South Africa Hendrik Verwoerd. On 6 September 1966, while working as a parliamentary messenger, Tsafendas stabbed Verwoerd — commonly regarded...
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Between 1948 and 1961, Prime Ministers D. F. Malan, J. G. Strijdom and Hendrik Verwoerd all worked very hard for the latter, implementing a battery of policies...
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Apartheid (section Verwoerd years)
afterwards, Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd announced a referendum on whether the country should become a republic. Verwoerd lowered the voting age for...
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during the terms of prime ministers D.F. Malan, J.G. Strijdom and Hendrik Verwoerd. Vorster's wartime anti-British activities came back to haunt him....
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Pratt attempted to assassinate South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd in 1960. Verwoerd survived, but was killed six years later by Dimitri Tsafendas...
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and a social activist. The grandson of Hendrik Verwoerd, known as the architect of the apartheid regime, Verwoerd has disavowed the views with which his...
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direct black or non-white youth to the unskilled labour market although Hendrik Verwoerd, the Minister of Native Affairs, claimed that the aim was to solve...
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South Africans who were less widely regarded as "great". For example, Hendrik Verwoerd, the "Architect of Apartheid", ranked higher on the list than Albert...
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wives and had an expansive clientele that included J.G. Strijdom and Hendrik Verwoerd.: 195 Sethuntsa was born in Ha Ramokakatlela, a remote village in...
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academic and the son-in-law of former South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd. The goal of the Afrikaner Volkswag was to put the ideas of the SABRA...
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of Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd. Verwoerd served as Prime Minister of South Africa (1958–1966) and is described as the "architect of apartheid". Verwoerd was...
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investment. However, Hendrik Verwoerd, Minister of Native Affairs, rejected several recommendations in the report. While both Verwoerd and the Tomlinson...
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In 1958 Botha was appointed Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs by Hendrik Verwoerd, and in 1961 was appointed to the new Department of Coloured Affairs...
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of Hans Strydom, 1958–1961 First Cabinet of Hendrik Verwoerd, 1961–1966 Second Cabinet of Hendrik Verwoerd, 1966 First Cabinet of B.J. Vorster, 1966–1970...
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absence. He died on 24 August 1958 in Cape Town and was succeeded by Hendrik Verwoerd as head of the NP, securing the radical faction's drive towards a complete...
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Tunnel, Western Cape - R62. Hartbeespoort Tunnel, North-West - R104. Hendrik Verwoerd Tunnels, Limpopo on the N1. Hex River Tunnels - Railway tunnels through...
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named Lyttelton, but was renamed Verwoerdburg in 1967 in honour of Hendrik Verwoerd, the so-called "architect of Apartheid" and was deemed offensive to...
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South Africa. State President: Charles Robberts Swart. Prime Minister: Hendrik Verwoerd (until 6 September). John Vorster (from 13 September). Chief Justice:...
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she dated and later married Wilhelm Verwoerd, the grandson of former South African prime minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the "architect of apartheid" who as...
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(1884–1966), Dutch Christian politician Hendrik Tonneboeijer (1814–1837), Dutch Commander of the Dutch Gold Coast Hendrik Verwoerd (1901–1966), Prime Minister of...
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idea originated in the early 1980s, when Hendrik Verwoerd Jr, son of the former prime minister Hendrik Verwoerd, moved to Morgenzon along with a group known...
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of historical figures including Andries Pretorius, Paul Kruger and Hendrik Verwoerd. Australian Boer War war criminal Harry "Breaker" Morant (executed...
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party leadership and lost to Hendrik Verwoerd in the final round of voting between the two candidates. Despite this, Verwoerd included Dönges in the new...
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Governor-General: Charles Robberts Swart (from 12 January). Prime Minister: Hendrik Verwoerd. Chief Justice: Lucas Cornelius Steyn. January 21 – 435 miners die...
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