JHB SNS - #2 D. F. Malan Drive Traditional Geocache

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Hidden : 10/19/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

D.F. Malan Drive



In Oct. 1966, Council resolved , subject to consent of the Administrator that Muldersdrift Road from the Northern boundry to Melville be named as such.
The new name honours Dr. D. F. Malan (Then Prime Minister) in the same way as other prominent statesmen.

 There was a feeling of regret, as this road lead to Mulders Drift, which was in existence before the proclamation of the Witwatersrand goldfields in 1886 as a farm in possession of the Mulders family since the Voortrekker period.

Part of the original name still exists to the Northern End.
 

D. F. Malan

He is seen as a champion of Afrikaner nationalism. His National Party government came to power on the program of apartheid and began its comprehensive implementation. Malan's involvement in National Party politics began shortly after the NP's formation in 1914. In those years, political parties had affiliated newspapers that served as their mouthpiece.
However, Nationalist-minded Afrikaners in the Cape had no such outlet and therefore, in 1915, decided to found De Burger, which later became known as Die Burger. They persuaded Malan to become the editor of the new newspaper and, as he was worried about the Afrikaners' political position in the aftermath of the 1914 Rebellion, he relinquished his position as a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church to accept the position.
The Cape branch of the National Party was founded in 1915 and Malan was elected as its provincial leader. In 1918, he was elected to Parliament for the first time as MP for the Calvinia constituency. He held that seat until 1938, when he became the MP for Piketberg. The National Party came to power under the leadership of Hertzog in 1924, and Malan was given the post of Minister of the Interior, Education and Public Health, which he held until 1933. In 1925, Malan was at the forefront of a campaign to replace Dutch with Afrikaans in the constitution as well as to provide South Africa with its own national flag.
After the 1933 election, the United Party was formed out of the merger between Hertzog's National Party and the rival South African Party of Jan Smuts. Malan strongly opposed the merger and, in 1934, he and 19 other MPs defected to form the 'Purified' National Party, which he led for the next fourteen years as opposition. Malan also opposed South African participation in World War II, which was already unpopular among the Afrikaner population and led to a split in the governing party; this dramatically increased his popularity, and he consequently defeated Smuts and the United Party in 1948.
A firm foundation for apartheid was laid during Malan's six-and-a-half years as prime minister. The system was officially dismantled in 1994, but the legacy continues to have an impact in South Africa. Malan retired in 1954 at the age of 80, but in the succession-battle that accompanied his retirement, his anointed heirs, N.C. Havenga and E. Donges were defeated and Malan was thus succeeded by J.G. Strijdom.

 In the Early 2000’s the current government renamed it Beyers Naude.

The Cache is located slightly off the main road.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Zntargvp

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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