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Protea hotel hendrik verwoerd biography
Hendrik Verwoerd - revered by his family but a monster to most South Africans
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This extract from Wilhelm's memoir examines the complex emotions the grandson has to live with, having Verwoerd blood in his veins
19 May 2019 - 00:00 By Wilhelm Verwoerd
Ouma Betsie spent the last years of her long life in her birth region, the Great Karoo.
Her house, on a far-off, southern bank of the Orange River, was simple: a small living room and kitchen, a dining room, bathroom and a few bedrooms. This building, in the white Afrikaner settlement of Orania, is now the home of the Dr HF Verwoerd Memorial Collection.
One room is filled with gifts from traditional "Bantu" leaders to Oupa Hendrik during his term as minister of so-called native affairs (1950-1958). Display cupboards in the corridors and other rooms are filled with other types of gifts and memorabilia.
I was walking through these rooms, past walls hung with photos and paintings, with Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, a profe