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Engelhard consistently defended the essential structure of apartheid. At the inauguration of the new Prime Minister John Vorster in 1967, Engelhard proudly proclaimed, "The policy of South Africa as expressed by the new Prime Minister is as much in the interests of South Africa as anything I can think of or suggest" (see First, also Secheba, February 1969). Despite Engelhard's hollow words about his concern for the "dignity of man" and "improved skills and living conditions," his mines were just as brutal and inhumane as any other South African mine. Actions speak louder than words. Never by word...
...struggled desperately to prevent the scandal from spreading. Botha publicly dismissed Supreme Court Justice Anton Mostert. The jurist had conducted a one-man probe of the operation of the slush fund during the time that Mulder served as Minister of the Interior and Information under former Prime Minister John Vorster. Mostert's report produced testimony from witnesses that the Information Department had illegally financed the start of a pro-government Johannesburg daily, the Citizen, and allegations of personal abuse of the fund amounting to millions of dollars. To angry opposition members of Parliament, the judge's ouster amounted...
...where compromise could have been reached, and confrontation would not have been so inevitable. Now, it seems too late, and the Afrikaaner Nationalists still seem unwilling to give up a single piece of privilege. If they were flexible, they wouldn't have chosen the most hawkish candidate to replace Vorster. Time is running out, and everyone in South Africa knows it; but the Nats seems to have closed ranks and turned right, marching toward full scale...
When the story broke this summer, Vorster transferred control of the department to Foreign Minister Roelof F. ("Pik") Botha. He retired the Rhoodie brothers and ordered the former head of the Bureau of State Security to undertake a probe of the charges. Mostert was named as a one-man commission to look into possible violations of currency controls. After a heated meeting at which Prime Minister Botha urged Mostert to delay releasing the report, the judge declared, "I have endeavored to discover what particular interest of the state is furthered by suppression, albeit temporary, rather than disclosure of the evidence...
...Mulder should "review his position'' -a euphemism for resign. Eschel Rhoodie has hinted that an unnamed three-man Cabinet committee supervised the operations of his department. Prime Minister Botha has appointed yet another investigating committee, which is supposed to report to parliament in three weeks. Even John Vorster's name has been mentioned in the scandal; Luyt told Mostert that he agreed to start the Citizen only because he was led to believe that Vorster had personally selected him for the job At one stage in the press inquiry into the scandal, a crusading editor received...