Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog founds the Free State National Party

Updated: 30 Sep 2019

Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog founds the Free State National Party

On 1 July 1914, General James Barry Munnik Hertzog officially established the Free State National Party in Smithfield, Orange Free State. As the National Party was to function on a federal basis, separate branches of the party were founded in the other three provinces of the Union of South Africa shortly afterwards. The party was founded in opposition to the pro-English policy of Prime Minister Louis Botha, who was accused by Hertzog of having "embraced Jingoism".

How we know this

01Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica, p. 392.
02Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau.

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog founds the Free State National Party. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011365

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