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At least in conservative society and within the ruling National Party, the scandal was less about the fact of a state propaganda campaign than about the mismanagement of state funds, appropriated without the knowledge of Parliament, and an apparent cover-up by senior government officials and elected representatives.
Flag of National Party of South Africa (1936-1993) The National Party was founded in Bloemfontein in 1914 by Afrikaner nationalists soon after the establishment of the Union of South Africa. Its founding was rooted in disagreements among South African Party politicians, particularly Prime Minister Louis Botha and his first Minister of Justice ...
The Independent South African National Civic Organisation no longer appeared on the list, whereas the Africa Restoration Alliance was added. [45] Six independent candidates appeared on the national regional lists, namely Zackie Achmat, Louis Liebenberg, Anele Mda, Lovemore N'dou, Ntakadzeni Phathela, and Lehlohonolo Ramoba. [46]
A campaign video for South Africa’s opposition party showing the country’s flag in flames has stoked tensions just weeks ahead of national elections that are seen as the most pivotal since the ...
South Africa’s upcoming elections have been touted as one of the toughest yet for the ruling party, with recent polls suggesting the ANC may receive less than 50% of the national vote for the ...
General van den Bergh resigned as director-general in 1978 in the wake of the Muldergate scandal, and BOSS was renamed the Department of National Security.In the same year, Vorster was replaced as prime minister by defence minister, P. W. Botha, whose government pursued a protracted restructuring of the intelligence services, culminating in the replacement of the department with the National ...
Selling Apartheid is an in-depth investigation into the Foreign relations of South Africa during apartheid and the international propaganda campaign conducted by the apartheid government. Nixon's book contains a large number of previously secret records from archives in South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The relaunched National Party of 2008 promoted a non-racial democratic South Africa based on federal principles and the legacy of F.W De Klerk. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] A press release issued by Jean-Duval Uys on the party's website, dated 22 January 2009, deals with a Cape High Court challenge against Uys by Williams and Omar on behalf of themselves ...