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Hendrik Verwoerd

Elon Musk and the irony of calling black economic empowerment racist
Thought Leader
/ 29 May 2025

Elon Musk and the irony of calling black economic empowerment racist

Beneficiaries crying oppression are eating at the table apartheid set for them — and complaining when someone else is finally offered a chair

By Armand Bam
In integrity there is justice
Opinion
/ 16 October 2023

In integrity there is justice

Duma Nokwe is the ideal example of the calibre of leader the world is crying out for today

By Ronald Lamola
The mechanism of contagion in racism
Opinion
/ 26 July 2020

The mechanism of contagion in racism

How race came to function as fuel to an exploitative economic system. Take the case of South Africa…

By Kiasha Naidoo
The biographies of Robert McBride and Dimitri Tsafendas share a curious resonance
Article
/ 6 May 2020

The biographies of Robert McBride and Dimitri Tsafendas share a curious resonance

Although the two men were from different generations, their lives both lay bare the atrocities of the apartheid state

By Solomon Makgale
A Player in apartheid gets award
Article
/ 19 March 2020

A Player in apartheid gets award

South Africa’s legendary golfer, who is said to have aided the past regime, is honoured by Trump

By Lloyd Gedye
A usefully awkward encounter with Verwoerd
Article
/ 19 July 2019

A usefully awkward encounter with Verwoerd

An interview with Wilhelm Verwoerd raises a conundrum about how to grapple with our past

By Eusebius McKaiser
Don’t censor the red berets, describe them
Article
/ 30 November 2018

Don’t censor the red berets, describe them

People need the facts to make informed choices, which is what journalists should be providing

By Eusebius McKaiser
Verwoerd’s assassin a complex ‘hero’
Article
/ 14 September 2018

Verwoerd’s assassin a complex ‘hero’

Dimitri Tsafendas, the man who killed the architect of apartheid, was an enigmatic ‘revolutionary’ with a ‘deep social conscience’

By Niren Tolsi
The law can change racist minds
Article
/ 12 April 2018

The law can change racist minds

Unexpressed racism may be even more dangerous if it’s left lurking below the surface

By Roger Southall
Unravelling Darwin’s ‘hunch’
Article
/ 23 August 2017

Unravelling Darwin’s ‘hunch’

This beautifully written, well researched story of the origins of man forces us to today confront the social construct of ‘race’

By Staff Reporter
Jury’s still out on whether Tsafendas was a political hero or a deranged assassin
Analysis
/ 31 August 2016

Jury’s still out on whether Tsafendas was a political hero or a deranged assassin

It’s 50 years since Demitrio Tsafendas murdered Hendrik Verwoerd. In a new book, his advocate’s son describes how his legacy remains in limbo.

By Staff Reporter
Our best Verwoerd forward
Article
/ 31 May 2013

Our best Verwoerd forward

Melanie married into the family, but found that the name has been as much a source of strength as a burden.

By Staff Reporter
FF Plus: DA renamed Verwoerd Primary to gain black voters
Article
/ 2 February 2013

FF Plus: DA renamed Verwoerd Primary to gain black voters

The Democratic Alliance has condemned the Freedom Front Plus over its criticism regarding the name change of Dr Verwoed Primary School in Meyerton.

By Sapa
Apartheid speech came as big surprise
Article
/ 6 November 2012

Apartheid speech came as big surprise

The Rubicon speech was received with great dismay by South Africa’s diplomats, writes Pieter Wolvaardt.

By Letters
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Article
/ 17 June 2011

Where apartheid statues go to die

When a bust of Hendrik Verwoerd disappeared into the night in Midvaal, the question arose: What actually happens to the statues from our sordid past?

By Sean Otoole
No image available
Article
/ 5 May 2011

FF+: DA in late-night raid on Verwoed statue

Members of the DA removed a statue of the architect of apartheid, Hendrik Verwoerd, from Meyerton on Wednesday night, the FF+ has claimed.

By Staff Reporter

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