Unbelievable though it now seems, even Vorster was not extreme enough for Mr Marais.
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In 1966, John Vorster was sworn in as prime minister of South Africa after the assassination of his predecessor, Hendrik Verwoerd.
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In 1979, in South Africa, John Vorster resigned as president after the Erasmus Commission report implicated him in a scandal involving misappropriation of government funds while he was prime minister.