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...election drove a wedge between Terreblanche and his political ally, Afrikaner Volksfront leader Ferdinand Hartzenberg, and the supporters of former South African Defense Force chief Constand Viljoen. All three men want an Afrikaner state, or volkstaat, but Terreblanche and Hartzenberg believe it can be achieved only by the gun. Viljoen thinks he can persuade the government to grant Afrikaners their own piece of the country. In March he formed the Freedom Front Party and registered to participate in the elections. If he wins support, as expected, from more than half the estimated 1 million conservative white voters, it will prove...
...South Africa" drew a wildly mixed response. In Parliament outraged members of the opposition Conservative Party called De Klerk a "traitor to the nation" before staging the first mass opening-day walkout in the legislature's history. "The fight is on for the survival of white people," asserted Ferdie Hartzenberg, deputy leader of the Conservative Party...
Leading the defectors is Dr. Andries Treurnicht, a former clergyman and editor who had been Botha's Minister of State Administration and Statistics as well as the head of the National Party's right wing. Along with him went Dr. Ferdinand Hartzenberg, who had served as Minister of Education and Training. Exuding confidence, the Prime Minister accused the dissident group of "insubordination" and added that its members would not be missed...
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