Nicholaas Frederic de Waal
… Party met to decide the issue of disenfranchisement on June 8 1899. De Waal sided with the majority, who rejected … of De Waal, TP Theron, DJA van Zyl, JH Schoeman and FS Malan. During the Cabinet crisis, Merriman identified De Waal … and he was regarded as one of the new leaders who could succeed Hofmeyr. When Malan and others began to organise a …