1 September 1980
Dr. Andries P. Treurnicht, Minister of Public Works, Statistics and Tourism, was unanimously re-elected as the National Party's (NP)leader in the Transvaal. As the chief spokesman for the conservative wing of the NP, he re-affirmed  that the party will continue to work for independent national groups on a geographical basis. Fourteen years later (1994) the NP lost control of the country to the African National Congress (ANC)and formed part of the Government of the National Unity.
References

O’Malley P. ‘1980’, from Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Dialog, [online], available at www.nelsonmandela.org.za(Accessed: 15 August 2012)

|South African History Online, ‘The first democratic election is held in South Africa’, [online], available at www.sahistory.org.za(Accessed: 15 August 2012)