THE CHRISTIAN AFRIKANERS - The Works of F. N. Lee

He was followed after his assassination in 1966, by Adv. B.J. Vorster -- whom I thrice met, andwhose brother I knew extremely well (being the Moderator of the National General Assembly ofthe Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa). Prime Minister Vorster was a Calvinist and Lawyer.He often prayed in his office before taking important decisions of State. He had studied Calvinistphilosophy under Professor Stoker, during World War II. Vorster pushed the reconstruction ofChristian Public Education, and launched an Act through Parliament to this effect.It was Vorster who broke the power of the underground Communist Party in South Africa. SomeJewish people once came to him and said to him: "Adv. Vorster, we think you are very cruel torestrict these communists to their own homes and not let them go out; and to require them to reportto the police twice a day. But Vorster replied to these people: "Well, you know, I read all about thisin your Holy Book -- the Old Testament. If you'll take the trouble to turn to First Kings chapter 2,you'll see this is the way in which your King Solomon dealt with Shimei. He put him under housearrest. While reading your Bible, this seemed to me an appropriate way to deal with the communistmenace."The present Prime Minister of South Africa is Minister P.W. Botha. He is married to the daughterof a Reformed Preacher. He is presently working toward confederation of all Black and WhiteSouth African self-governing areas -- to become a Christian-Western confederated bastion againstcommunism.In general, I would say that Calvinism is still alive and well in South Africa. Gambling andprostitution and strip-tease and homosexuality are all illegal. Rape and murder are generallypunished with the death penalty. Of course, there is always room for much further improvement!