Research topic: Balthazar Johannes Vorster

Balthazar Johannes Vorster , 1915-83, South African political leader. A lawyer, John Vorster became involved in the Afrikaner nationalist movement and helped found a militant anti-British organization. Interned for opposition to the allies in World War II (1942-44), he entered politics after the war and was elected (1953) to the South African Parliament as a Nationalist party member. He became a leader of the party's right wing. In 1958, Vorster was made deputy minister in Hendrik Verwoerd 's cabinet. Responsible for education, he rigidly enforced the apartheid Bantu Education Act. Later, as... Read more