The visit of national leaders in Bethal As far as it is known, all the Republic’s Prime Ministers, except Dr H F Verwoerd, had visited Bethal during one or another occasion. During 1961 birth year of Republic, Bethal had sworn to receive the first State President, Mr C R Swart. Old State President C R Swart inspects cadets of Hoogenhout High School, accompanied by captain B J de Lange 136
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