What is National Party of South Africa?
{{Infobox political party |name = National Party of South Africa |native_name = Nasionale Party van Suid-Afrika |lang1 = English |name_lang1 = National Party |lang2 = Afrikaans |name_lang2 = Nasionale Party |logo = |leader = <br/> * [[James Barry Munnik Hertzog|J. B. M. Hertzog]] (1915–1934) * [[Daniel Francois Malan]] (1934–1953) * [[Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom|J. G. Strijdom]] (1953–1958) * [[Hendrik Verwoerd]] (1958–1966) * [[Balthazar Johannes Vorster|B. J. Vorster]] (1966–1978) * [[Pieter Willem Botha|P. W. Botha]] (1978–1989) * [[Frederik Willem de Klerk|F. W. de Klerk]] (1989–1997) * [[Marthinus van Schalkwyk]] (1997–2005) ([[New National Party (South Africa)|New National Party]]) |founded = {{Start date|1915|07|02|df=y}} |dissolved = 1997 |merger = |split = |merged = |headquarters = [[Cape Town]], [[Cape Province]], South Africa |membership_year = |membership = |ideology = [[Afrikaner nationalism]] <br> [[Apartheid]] (until 1989) <br> [[Conservatism]] <br> [[Republicanism]] |position = [[Right-wing]] to [[Far-Right]] |colorcode = Orange |symbol = |country = South Africa }} '''National Party of South Africa''' was an Afrikaner dominated white South African nationalist political party that controlled the South African government from 1948 to 1994. ==History== ===Founding=== It was founded in 1914 by J.B.M. Hertzog as a result of disagreements between him and the leaders of the South African Party, which he then was a member of.<ref>Hanf, Theodore Heribert Weiland Gerda Vierdag South Africa: The Prospects of Peaceful Change Rex Collings page 95</ref> ===Cold War=== In 1948, its leader [[Daniel Francois Malan]] became the Prime Minister of South Africa, and the party began imposing the [[apartheid]] within South Africa.<ref>Busky, Donald F. Communism in History and Theory: Asia, Africa, an