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...province -of Natal, where the British .outnumber the Boers by better than three to one, ther'e was talk of secession. But the opposition that counted most arose where it was least expected: among the Boers themselves. Thirteen Nationalist professors and senior lecturers at the Afrikaans University of Pretoria condemned the Senate-packing bill on the grounds that it would violate the principles of the constitution, destroy the rights of minorities, change the political structure of South Africa without popular consent, possibly destroy the Union...
...descendant of those Dutch settlers who 115 years ago fought their way across Zululand to the fertile Transvaal. Young Strydom grew up during the Boer War, and studied at the University of Stellenbosch, cradle of thwarted Boer aspirations. After taking his law degree at the University of Pretoria, he returned to his father's farm, where he raised ostriches. He improved a natural gift for histrionics by speech-making in front of mirrors. In 1929 he was elected to Parliament for the backveld district of Waterberg, quickly established himself as an uncompromising Afrikaner Nationalist. "The Lion from the North...
Malanian Miscalculation. It took the Nationalist Party bosses, meeting in Pretoria, only seven minutes last week to elect Strydom to power. Outside, an excited crowd waited for the first appearance of their new Prime Minister. "Dis die leeul" (It is the Lion), they cried, and hoisted him shoulder high. No smile, no sign of expression crossed the Lion's feline face as supporters began singing the Boer song Vrye Volk. Wailed Daniel Malan when he heard of it: "I have miscalculated . . . I have miscalculated...
After a mild demonstration in Mr. Mittell's favor quieted down, the band really gave cause for cheering by playing Mr. Finnegan's "Variations On A Well-Known Theme." The theme was "Marching to Pretoria" and was played as Sousa might have, then in the style of Walter Shaman's "Dragnet" theme, and again after the manner of Spike Jones. Finally, the band imitated the Katzenjammer Kids by singing the song in Dutch. It was a very successful number...
Shocked Justice. Last week the Gouws brothers faced Judge Frans Rumpff in a crowded courtroom in Pretoria. Both men were charged with murder. The evidence against the Gouws was overwhelming: Joseph had died of "bruises and wounds . . . too numerous to count." But when the defendants pleaded "culpable homicide" (which made it impossible for either of them to be found guilty and punished for murder), the Crown prosecutor agreed...