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ERASMUS, Rudolf (Chairman) and Others : Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Alleged Irregularities in the Former Department of Information

The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1978

Very good indeed in the original pale blue printed wrappers as issued, first 25 leaves light moisture ripple not affecting text, else a clean tight example of this scarce report of which only 1020 copies were printed. From the library of noted Democratic and Progressive Party Provincial councillor Irene Menell, with her name in ink head front wrapper. the Information Scandal, was a South African political scandal involving the Department of Information.[1] South African Prime Minister B. J. Vorster, Dr. Connie Mulder (Minister of Information) and Dr. Eschel Rhoodie (Secretary of the Department of Information) were implicated in plans to use government resources to fight a propaganda war for the then apartheid government. In 1973 John Vorster had agreed to Mulder's plan to shift about 64 million rand from the defense budget to undertake a series of propaganda projects. Plans included bribes of international news agencies and the purchase of the Washington Star newspaper. Vorster was also implicated in the use of a secret slush fund to establish The Citizen, the only major English-language newspaper that was favourable to the National Party. A commission of inquiry concluded in mid-1979 that Vorster knew "everything" about the corruption and had tolerated it. He resigned from the presidency in disgrace.

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