The SA Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster announces that the Department of Information was being disbanded and replaced by a Bureau for National and International Communication. The move resulted in changes on leadership level, with Dr E. Rhoodie retiring from public service on 1 July 1978, to be replaced by Dr. Connie Mulder as leader of the new institution. It was also agreed that future evaluation of secret projects will be made by General H.J. van den Bergh, head of the Bureau of State Security.
eventREF E-0012353Revised
15 June 1978
The SA Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster announces that the Department of Information was being disbanded
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- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd ed., Pretoria: Academica, p. 547.
- 02SAHO Balthazar Johannes Vorster [online] Available at: www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed on 14 June 2013]
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). The SA Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster announces that the Department of Information was being disbanded. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012353
South African History Online (2011) 'The SA Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster announces that the Department of Information was being disbanded', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012353 (Accessed: 7 October 2026).
South African History Online, The SA Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster announces that the Department of Information was being disbanded [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012353, (accessed 7 October 2026).
"The SA Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster announces that the Department of Information was being disbanded." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012353. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "The SA Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster announces that the Department of Information was being disbanded." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012353.
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