Constituency Namib
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Political party National Party
Independent
National Union
United Party
Progressive Federal Party Alma mater Stellenbosch University Died 8 August 2012, Cape Town, South Africa Books State of the Nation: As Viewed from a Front Bench in Parliament, 1969-1981 Political parties United Party, National Party, Progressive Federal Party, National Union | ||
Jacobus "Japie" Basson (25 July 1918 – 8 August 2012) was a South African politician who began his career with the National Party, but was later expelled from it, and became a forceful critic of the apartheid government as a member, by turns, of the United Party, Progressive Federal Party, and his own short-lived National Union. He is described as "fiery", "colourful", an "individualist", and as the "chameleon" of South African politics for his shifting partisan allegiances.
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