What is the National Party of South Africa?
Q: What is the National Party of South Africa?
A: The National Party of South Africa was a white South African nationalist political party that was dominated by Afrikaners and governed the country from 1948 to 1994.
Q: Who founded the National Party of South Africa?
A: The National Party of South Africa was founded by J.B.M. Hertzog in 1914 as a result of disagreements between him and the leaders of the South African Party, which he was a member of at the time.
Q: Who became the Prime Minister of South Africa in 1948, and what did he do?
A: Daniel Francois Malan, the leader of the National Party, became the Prime Minister of South Africa in 1948 and began instituting apartheid in the country.
Q: Was apartheid the only reason why the National Party came to power?
A: No, although apartheid was an important issue that helped bring the National Party to power, most people who voted for them in 1948 were voting more against the previous United Party led by Jan Smuts.
Q: What were some of the other issues that irritated Afrikaner voters and led them to vote for the National Party instead of the United Party?
A: Some of the issues that irritated Afrikaner voters included the poverty of Afrikaners, the competition from native Africans for jobs, the urbanization of Afrikaner towns, and the threat of communism, which they felt Smuts had wrongly handled and felt that the problems were partially his fault.
Q: Who was the last South African government leader to belong to the National Party, and what did he do?
A: FW de Klerk was the last South African government leader to belong to the National Party. He disbanded apartheid in the 1990s and allowed all adults of all races to vote for the first time in 1994, which resulted in the National Party being voted out of office.
Q: When did the National Party lose power in South Africa?
A: The National Party lost power in South Africa in 1994 after FW de Klerk disbanded apartheid and allowed all adults of all races to vote for the first time.
