Word: viljoen
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...Chris Viljoen Stellenbosch, South Africa...
...Afrikaner churches. Roughly half of the country's white ministers, school officials and university rectors are Broederbond members. So are virtually all Cabinet members and at least 75% of National Party members of parliament. The Broederbond's chairman since 1974 has been Gerrit Viljoen, rector of the Rand Afrikaans University in Johannesburg...
...United Party described the wide gap between black and white wages as "a source of shame." The tiny Progressive Party's only M.P., Mrs. Helen Suzman, demanded: "How much does it take to agitate a black man who has to live on $14 a week?" Labor Minister Marais Viljoen promised that the government would introduce legislation to "encourage" white employers to make greater use of "works committees" to discuss problems with black employees. In a surprisingly conciliatory statement, Prime Minister John Vorster strongly implied that employers had better cooperate. "They should not view their workers merely as units working...
...Under the Vierklour", by B. Viljoen...
...General Viljoen rose during the late war, from the position of commandant of the Witwatersrand goldfields, to the position of assistant commandant-general of the Transval forces, second in command to General Botha. He played a prominent part in the battles of Colenso, Spion Kop and Vaalkrantz, besides being on active campaigning duty at other times. On January 25, 1902, he was captured by the British and sent to St. Helena, where he was imprisoned until the end of the war. He was also a member from Johannesberg in the Transvaal Volksraad...