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Afrikaans press as the opposition of the National party, and the intimate links between Afrikaans editors and politicians-Dr. Malan combined the roles of party leader and editor of Die Burger, Dr. Verwoerd was founder and editor of Die Transvaler-are revealed. There is brief account of the part played by Die Burger in spearheading the drive toward republicanism, and the same paper's unsuccessful fight with Verwoerd over Colored representation in Parliament. There is also discussion of the rivalry between Nasionale Pers and the papers of the Dagbreek Trust in the verkrampte-verligte controversy. Thus, since the late 1950, the Afrikaans press has felt able to engage in increasing internal debate, while the English-language press has remained, in government eyes, as a fifth column rather than fourth estate (p. 169). Potter has made valuable contribution to South African scholarship with book that is well-written, accurate, and dispassionate, in the best sense of that word.
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