Published date
1 September 1980
References
O’Malley P. ‘1980’, from Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Dialog, [online], available at www.nelsonmandela.org.za(Accessed: 15 August 2012)
|South African History Online, ‘The first democratic election is held in South Africa’, [online], available at www.sahistory.org.za(Accessed: 15 August 2012)
Dr. Andries P. Treurnicht, Minister of Public Works, Statistics and Tourism, was unanimously re-elected as the National Party's (NP)leader in the Transvaal. As the chief spokesman for the conservative wing of the NP, he re-affirmed that the party will continue to work for independent national groups on a geographical basis. Fourteen years later (1994) the NP lost control of the country to the African National Congress (ANC)and formed part of the Government of the National Unity.