Leaders
- 1915–1934 – J. B. M. Hertzog
- 1934–1953 – D. F. Malan
- 1953–1958 – J. G. Strijdom
- 1958–1966 – H. F. Verwoerd
- 1966–1978 – B. J. Vorster
- 1978–1989 – P. W. Botha
- 1989–1997 – F. W. de Klerk
- 1997–2005 – Marthinus van Schalkwyk (New National Party)
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“No matter how vast, how total, the failure of man here on earth, the work of man will be resumed elsewhere. War leaders talk of resuming operations on this front and that, but man’s front embraces the whole universe.”
—Henry Miller (1891–1980)
“When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people.”
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