From 31 May 1961 he was the first State President of the Republic of South Africa for six years. Al­though elected for a seven-year term of­fice, Swart served as State Pres­i­dent for only six years, and re­tired in 1967. RICHMAL NORDIN died tragically on 9 November 1993. He was 87. (1913); member of the council of the Grey University College, Bloemfontein (1923-1933); member of the Foundation Committee and Congress of the Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurverenigings (FAK) (Federation of Afrikaans Cultural Societies) (1929); founder member of the Voortrekker youth movement (1930); member of the board of directors of the National War Museum of the Boer Republics and of the National Women's Memorial, Bloemfontein (1930-1948); acting editor of Die Volksblad, Bloemfontein (1937); parliamentary press representative of Die Volksblad and Die Burger (1938); founder member of the Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut (1940); and chancellor of the University of the OFS (1950-1976). [19], Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, Obituary: Charles Swart, ex-South African leader, Bloemfontein's Fidel Castro building gets mixed response, 50 Cents Charles Swart; Afrikaans Legend - SUID AFRIKA, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=C._R._Swart&oldid=977444743, People from Masilonyana Local Municipality, National Party (South Africa) politicians, Members of the House of Assembly of South Africa, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni, All Wikipedia articles written in South African English, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 8 September 2020, at 21:49. [10], In 1959, Swart was appointed Governor-General, but like his predecessor E.G Jansen, he was a staunch republican. SYLVIA MORAINE died of cancer in 1995. On the surface, his work scans as gritty and minimal, yet even a fleeting glimpse reveals intricate textures, which suggest the emotional depths that so often define individual responses to the material world. After his initial studies he was a schoolteacher at Ficksburg from 1914 to 1915. LIG JOU GLAS Blackie Swart and JBB Blackie Swart and JBB. Legacy Blackie SwartBlackie Swart studied at the University of Stellenbosch, where he obtained his BA Law and LLB degrees in 1977. [15] In 2015, the ANC government renamed the popular CR Swart Building the Fidel Castro Building. At the age of fifteen he was appointed magistrate's clerk at Winburg, having been adjudged too young for acceptance as a university student. Check out So Ry Die Boere by Blackie Swart on Amazon Music. Swart's public career spanned a period of more than 40 years and he left his imprint on the political, cultural and educational terrain and on the press. He played a major role in the negotiations of 1939-1940 with Hertzog and was a member of the GNP's liaison committee that led to the formation of the Herenigde (Reunited) Nasionale Party (HNP, later NP). He was also guardian of a number of organisations and institutions, such as the Voortrekker youth movement and the National Cultural History Museum in Pretoria. There are 100+ professionals named "Blackie Swart", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Charles Swart, a stauch supporter of segregation and anti-communism in South Africa and the first president of the nation under its republican form of government, died Friday night. He had a remarkable memory even in his old age and his youthful spirit made him popular among young people. He became leader of the National Party in the Orange Free State and MP for Winburg in 1941. In 1961, Swart became the first state President of the Republic of South Africa, a position he held for six years. Swart, nicknamed 'Oom Blackie,' died at the Universitas Hospital in Bloemfontein in his native Orange Free State, following complications from a minor opertion. Swart’s work celebrates and sanctifies this fundamental dynamic, with an open-hearted, bittersweet sensibility, which sometimes acts as a counterpoint to the austere, mixed-media pieces he creates. In 1919 he became chief secretary of the party in the OFS. In 1921 he represented Die Burger at the World Disarmament Conference in Washington, after which he undertook a study tour of the USA, Britain, the Netherlands and Belgium, visiting several universities. He was a rugby player and referee. Schoolteacher, magistrate's clerk, advocate, farmer, lecturer, last Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, secretary of the OFS Referees' Association, Chief whip of the National Party, Minister of Justice, Minister of Education.

From 1949 to 1950 Swart was also Minister of Education, Arts and Science, and between 1948 and 1959 he acted in several other portfolios, such as Leader of the House of Assembly and Deputy Prime Minister. Out of the three boys, one died while in the concentration camp. [1] until he was defeated in 1938. [6], He established himself as a barrister in 1914. During the war, his mother and the children were interned at the Winburg concentration camp. Blackie Swart uses raw industrial materials and techniques to produce stark, mostly abstract imagery that harbors a nuanced, even delicate perspective on memory, lost places/abandoned spaces, and the ways in which personal history intersects with the built world. Blackie Swart uses raw industrial materials and techniques to produce stark, mostly abstract imagery that harbors a nuanced, even delicate perspective on memory, lost places/abandoned spaces, and the ways in which personal history intersects with the built world. In 1935 Swart was elected to the Federal Council of the GNP and as OFS whip, after having become a member of the executive of the party in the OFS the previous year. He farmed with Afrikaner cattle. From 1915 to 1918 Swart was secretary of the examination board of the Orange Free State (OFS) Education Department. Charles Robberts Swart, DMS (5 December 1894 – 16 July 1982), nicknamed Blackie[3] was a South African politician who served as the last Governor-General of the Union of South Africa from 1959 to 1961 and the first State President of the Republic of South Africa from 1961 to 1967. When fusion nevertheless occurred in December 1934 Swart joined the Gesuiwerde (Purified) National Party (GNP) under Dr D.F.

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