5 Years - Republic of South Africa

Voortrekkerpers, 1966 FORWARD The first five-yearly celebration of the Republic of South Africa has taken place. As the Prime Minister stated in his festival speech, it may be 20 years or more before the Voortrekker Monument and the Amphitheatre witness a celebration of this kind again. It is, therefore, appropriate that the highlights of this first festival should be recorded in some concrete form. In this connection, one thinks particularly of the inspiring and prophetic festival speech made by the Honourable, the Prime Minister, Dr. H. F. Verwoerd. This message is given exactly as it was delivered by Dr. Verwoerd, partly in Afrikaans and partly in English. Authority has also been obtained io use a copy of the message given by the State President. The Voortrekkerpers and The Transvaler both played a modest part in obtaining the Republic. For that reason we comply with the numerous requests made to us to make available this book as a permanent record for the hundreds of thousands of South Africans who with such great devotion and inspiration assisted in making this first five-yearly festival a memorable occasion. ------------------------------------------ Approx 60 pages with copious b/w photographs ---------- Orders of $100.00 or more are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.