Word: treurnicht
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Although blacks have little faith in Botha's avowed aim of softening the face of apartheid, the biggest threat to his plan comes from the Conservative Party, which was formed last March when 16 members of Parliament defected from the National Party. Led by Dr. Andries Treurnicht, 61, an ordained minister, the Conservatives have attacked Botha's plan as being too radical and accused him of leading South Africa toward "total integration." As Treurnicht said to his supporters at a Pietersburg rally, "The Prime Minister's stance has aroused the tiger in many Afrikaners, and the heartbeat...
...Treurnicht, whose resistance to any weakening of the whites' monopoly on power has won him the nickname "Dr. No," called his party's strong showing in its first test "fantastic." It means, he said, that Botha "has no mandate to go ahead with his reform policy." Indeed, the Conservatives would have won handily if the right-wing vote had not been split between their candidates, Willem Guy, 43, who drew 39.3% of the vote, and Jack Myburgh, 37, of the Herstigte Nasionale Party, who won 18%. So far, the Conservatives have remained aloof of the H.N.P., which stands...
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...
...party accepts the proposals, the government may submit them next year to separate referendums of the white, colored and Asian communities. Replying to Treurnicht, whose group opposes any notion of power sharing, Botha declared: "We are not taking a highway to complete integration [but are seeking] the decent, Christian course of action in granting the coloreds the right of self-determination in their own affairs." His Minister of Police Louis le Grange put it more vehemently. The country's whites, he warned, could not reject power sharing forever "and then bluff yourselves into thinking that you are not sitting...
...right-wing defection from the party, led by Dr. Andries Treurnicht. I would not say it is really a split. It involves a number of people who are perhaps dissatisfied and have broken away. They will find that the vast majority of the party's members and supporters will not follow them. Dr. Treurnicht is what I would call a word artist. He uses words to cloud the issue. On basic matters, he has no policy. Even before I made the statement [on power sharing with some non-whites], Treurnicht was already at loggerheads with the party. The statement...