Statement by Mr D J Louis Nel, Deputy Minister of information regarding a certain press reports and editorial comment, to the effect that the government is asking parliament for additional powers for the police because it has no intention to resolve political and other grievances by reforms or negotiation.
Archive record
Statement by Mr D J Louis Nel, Deputy Minister of Information

- Origin date
- 29 May 1986
- Updated
- 26 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Statement by Mr D J Louis Nel, Deputy Minister of Information . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ss/ref/R-0120192
South African History Online (2016) ' Statement by Mr D J Louis Nel, Deputy Minister of Information ', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ss/ref/R-0120192 (Accessed: 29 July 2026).
South African History Online, Statement by Mr D J Louis Nel, Deputy Minister of Information [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ss/ref/R-0120192, (accessed 29 July 2026).
" Statement by Mr D J Louis Nel, Deputy Minister of Information ." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ss/ref/R-0120192. Accessed 29 July 2026.
South African History Online. " Statement by Mr D J Louis Nel, Deputy Minister of Information ." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ss/ref/R-0120192.
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