Dr Hendrik French Verwoerd - South Africa's BEST Prime Minister we could ever have. But, unfortunately, he was killed by
Tsafendas, an assasinator in the 1960's. Dr Verwoerd is called the "father of Apartheid"...which is true for the world, but not true for South Africans, even for the black people of that time, he was a person they could look up to. They had respect for him. He was a true Christian, he wanted the black people to govern themselves, to have their own countries and to support them so that they have their "own" too. He banned TV from South Africa, because he knew that it would have a bad influence on the youth of South Africa.
He was born in Amsterdam and as a 2 year old came to South Africa. He was a beloved leader and the country and the people really MOURNED that day when he was killed. Tsafendas was sent to jail and classified as a State Presidents' prisoner.
Dr Verwoerd was seen as somebody who really LOVE the people of his country and he really cared about everybody. I grew up on our family farm and there were already labourers living there for ages and they used to speak about him with great respect, as if he was their father. It is just a pity that the world want to see what THEY want to, to criticize, to point fingers, just to cover their own inability to run their own countries in a better way. To focus away from their own problems - which of course included racism too!! - and get the focus on another country, so that they can carry on messing up in their own country while the focus is not on them anymore! Isn't that what people used to do? It's always so easy to find a problem with the person nearest to me, to highlight his/her problem to get the focus away from "me"...ain't it??
I can say, I do admire him for what he tried - HE WAS A GREAT LEADER!
