Word: treurnicht
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There was a lot at stake: in the weeks before the referendum, De Klerk and Andries Treurnicht, leader of the Conservative Party, resorted to hands-on campaign tactics, meeting voters face-to-face for the first time, in a country where politicians have traditionally remained aloof of the electorate...
...obtain a clear mandate for reform, and he got it. The second was to demonstrate the intellectual bankruptcy of the right wing. On that he was also successful, largely discrediting the Conservatives, but they and those who are even more extreme have not yet rolled over. Party leader Treurnicht insists that "the struggle for our freedom and survival continues" and says he will refuse renewed invitations to join the CODESA talks...
...demanding that De Klerk and his National Party call new elections. Though the National Party has ruled since 1948, the Conservatives believe they stand an excellent chance of gaining power because De Klerk's initiatives have been so unpopular among the country's 5 million whites. Conservative leader Andries Treurnicht last month rejected De Klerk's offer to join in negotiations and issued a veiled threat to take up arms against a white sellout. Privately, however, many Conservatives realize the days of white domination are over, and are considering adopting the idea of a separate homeland as well...
...protest march in Pretoria drew 15,000 right-wingers. The Conservatives also organized a week of anti-Mandela rallies and threatened strikes to force De Klerk from office. "I am not proclaiming an armed struggle," thundered party leader Andries Treurnicht. "But if a government does not protect the rights of its people, what can be expected but that the volk will protect itself...