Jaap Marais
Jaap Marais, leader of the verkramptes, died on August 8th, aged 77
FOR many years the policies of each leader of South Africa, however extreme, were made to seem moderate by those of his successor. If the pattern had continued, Jaap Marais would have seen his Afrikaner-supremacist ideology prevail. Instead he ended his days as a voice crying in the wilderness. He won grudging respect only for his die-hard integrity.
This article appeared in the Obituary section of the print edition under the headline “Jaap Marais”
Obituary August 19th 2000
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