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    Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd (Afrikaans pronunciation: [fərˈvuːrt]; 8 September 1901 – 6 September 1966), also known as H. F. Verwoerd, was a South African...
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    on 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "First Cabinet of Hendrik Verwoerd" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2019) (Learn...
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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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    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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    material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Second Cabinet of Hendrik Verwoerd" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2019) (Learn how...
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    anti-apartheid activist who shot South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd in 1960. Verwoerd survived, but was killed six years later by Dimitri Tsafendas...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • (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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    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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    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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  • passes. Hans Strijdom Drive, as well as another major Randburg road, Hendrik Verwoerd Drive, were renamed due to their strong ties to Apartheid. Despite...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    investment. However, Hendrik Verwoerd, Minister of Native Affairs, rejected several recommendations in the report. While both Verwoerd and the Tomlinson...
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    massacre, the National Party administration under the leadership of Hendrik Verwoerd used these laws to enforce greater racial segregation and, in 1959–1960...
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    of South Africa In office 31 May 1961 – 1 June 1967 Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd Johannes Vorster Preceded by Elizabeth II (as Queen of South Africa)...
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