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Hendrik Verwoerd
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National Party
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Hendrik Verwoerd stub created for gap-fill event coverage.
Events
1959
Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act
5 October 1960
Referendum supports a South African republic
15 March 1961
South Africa withdraws its application to remain in the Commonwealth
31 May 1961
South Africa becomes a republic
1966
Assassination of Hendrik Verwoerd
