Apartheid minister of Law and Order opposes White radicalism in the South African police force

Date: 22 Feb 1988
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

The minister of Law and Order, Adriaan Vlok, announced in the House of Assembly that no member of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) would be tolerated in any of the structures of the South African Police (SAP). Neither would members of the United Democratic Front (UDF) or the African National Congress (ANC) be accepted. He said 'radicalism either to the left or to the right of the moderates is unacceptable to us in the police force'.

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01South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89, Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, p. 537.

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Apartheid minister of Law and Order opposes White radicalism in the South African police force. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012731

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"Apartheid minister of Law and Order opposes White radicalism in the South African police force." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012731. Accessed 26 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "Apartheid minister of Law and Order opposes White radicalism in the South African police force." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012731.