On 1 October 1937,
Nasionale Pers set up the company
Voortrekkerpers in the Transvaal to support the National Party in Transvaal by publishing
Die Transvaler. • H.F. Verwoerd (1937-1948) • J.J. Kruger (1948-1960) • G.D. Sholtz (1960-1968) • C.F. Nöffke (1969-1973) • Willem Johannes de Klerk (1973-1987) During
World War II, Die Transvaler had triumphantly headlined every Nazi victory and constantly attacked "British Jewish liberalism." In 1943, Verwoerd sued the English-language newspaper
The Star for libel after it accused him of being a Nazi propagandist. In his judgment dismissing the case, Justice Mallin stated that Verwoerd "did support Nazi propaganda; he did make his newspaper a tool of the Nazis in South Africa, and he knew it." ==References==