Business Day reports that minister of law and order, Adriaan Vlok, said that apartheid has become an albatross around the country's neck. 'If you ask a black South African what apartheid has done, he will say it has caused nothing but grief... If we do not get rid of it, it will crucify us all.'
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Business Day reports that minister of law and order, Adriaan Vlok, said that apartheid has become an albatross around the country's neck.

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- 23 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2019, August 23). Business Day reports that minister of law and order, Adriaan Vlok, said that apartheid has become an albatross around the country's neck.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0149148
South African History Online (2019) 'Business Day reports that minister of law and order, Adriaan Vlok, said that apartheid has become an albatross around the country's neck.', South African History Online, 23 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0149148 (Accessed: 9 November 2026).
South African History Online, Business Day reports that minister of law and order, Adriaan Vlok, said that apartheid has become an albatross around the country's neck. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0149148, (accessed 9 November 2026).
"Business Day reports that minister of law and order, Adriaan Vlok, said that apartheid has become an albatross around the country's neck.." South African History Online, 23 Aug. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0149148. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.
South African History Online. "Business Day reports that minister of law and order, Adriaan Vlok, said that apartheid has become an albatross around the country's neck.." South African History Online. August 23, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0149148.
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