South Africa 1st Anniversary – Death of Dr. Verwoerd 1967 Proof Silver 1 Rand 32mm (15.03 grams) 0.800 Silver (0.3833 oz. ASW) Reference: KM# 72.1 SOUTH AFRICA 1967, Bust of Dr. Verwoerd right. SOLI DEO GLORIA 1 RAND, Springbok prancing right.
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Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd (8 September 1901 – 6 September 1966), also known as Dr.H.F Verwoerd, was a South African Psychology and Philosophy scholar, Afrikaans newspaper editor-in-chief and Prime Minister of South Africa . He is regarded as the mastermind behind socially engineering and implementing the racist policies of apartheid , the system of legal racial classification and forced racial segregation that existed in South Africa from 1948 to 1994. Apartheid was rigidly enforced by means of oppressive laws as well as aggressive security services such as security police and army. Verwoerd was a right wing authoritarian leader and Afrikaner nationalist . He was a strong advocate of the Afrikaner volk , language, culture and Christian religion. He held that white control over South Africa could only continue if the races lived apart. He survived an assassination attempt in 1960, but was eventually assassinated in 1966.
Prior to entering politics, Verwoerd was regarded as a brilliant Social Science professor at Stellenbosch University . He completed his undergraduate studies with distinctions majoring in Sociology , Psychology and Philosophy . Verwoerd, continued his studies completing his Masters (cum laude) and Doctorate in Social Psychology and Philosophy . As a result of his academic performance Verwoerd received a post-doctoral scholarship from the University of Oxford , but turned it down and continued his research in the fields of Sociology and Philosophy at various German universities. Upon his return to South Africa, he was appointed professor of Applied Psychology at Stellenbosch University at the age of 26. He was then later appointed as head of the Sociology department in 1933.
Verwoerd was Prime Minister during the establishment of the Republic of South Africa in 1961, thereby fulfilling the Afrikaner dream of an independent republic for South Africans. During his tenure as Prime Minister, anti-apartheid movements such as the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) were banned, and the Rivonia Trial , which prosecuted ANC leaders, was held.
Many major roads, places and facilities in cities and towns of South Africa were named after Verwoerd; in post-apartheid South Africa, most of these references to the creator of apartheid have been renamed. Famous examples include H. F. Verwoerd Airport in Port Elizabeth , renamed Port Elizabeth Airport, the Verwoerd Dam in the Free State , now the Gariep Dam, H. F. Verwoerd Academic Hospital in Pretoria , now Steve Biko Hospital, and the town of Verwoerdburg
South Africaaaa, officially the Republic of South Africa, is the southernmost sovereign state in Africa etres of coastline of Southern South Atlantic and Indian Oceans , on the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia , Botswana and Zimbabwe , and on the east and northeast by Mozambique and Swaziland , and surrounding the kingdom of Lesotho . South Africa is the 25th-largest country in the world by land area, and with close to 53 million people , is the world’s 24th-most populous nation . It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World or the Eastern Hemisphere . It is the only country that borders both the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean .
South Africa is a multiethnic society encompassing a wide variety of cultures, languages, and religions. Its pluralistic makeup is reflected in the constitution ‘s recognition of 11 official languages, which is among the highest number of any country in the world. Two of these languages are of European origin: Afrikaans developed from Dutch and serves as the first language of most white and coloured South Africans; English reflects the legacy of British colonialism, and is commonly used in public and commercial life, though it is fourth-ranked as a spoken first language.
The country is one of the few in Africa never to have had a coup d’état , and regular elections have been held for almost a century. However, the vast majority of black South Africans were not enfranchised until 1994. During the 20th century, the black majority sought to recover its rights from the dominant white minority, with this struggle playing a large role in the country’s recent history and politics. The National Party imposed apartheid in 1948, institutionalizing previous racial segregation. After a long and sometimes violent struggle by the African National Congress and other anti-apartheid activists both inside and outside the country, discriminatory laws began to be repealed or abolished from 1990 onwards.
About 80 percent of South Africans are of Sub-Saharan African ancestry, divided among a variety of ethnic groups speaking different Bantu languages , nine of which have official status. The remaining population consists of Africa ‘s largest communities of European (white), Asian (Indian), and multiracial (coloured) ancestry. Since 1994, all ethnic and linguistic groups have had political representation in the country’s democracy , which comprises a parliamentary republic and nine provinces . South Africa is often referred to as the “Rainbow Nation” to describe the country’s newly developing multicultural diversity in the wake of segregationist apartheid ideology.
Until late 2015, the World Bank classified South Africa as an upper-middle-income economy. South Africa today is a developed country and a newly industrialized country . Its economy is the second-largest in Africa, and the 34th-largest in the world. In terms of purchasing power parity , South Africa has the seventh-highest per capita income in Africa. However, poverty and inequality remain widespread, with about a quarter of the population unemployed and living on less than US$1.25 a day. Nevertheless, South Africa has been identified as a middle power in international affairs, and maintains significant regional influence.
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