As Jews presently enjoy a disproportionate share of the wholesale and retail trade, such a balanced distribution can be achieved only by refusing them further trading licenses, until such a time as the other main population groups, such as English- and Afrikaans-speakers, have gained a proportion which (as far as practicable) corresponds to their percentage of the white population. ... Of course, the discrimination must disappear as soon as the correct balance (ewewigtige toestand) has been achieved. (Hendrik Verwoerd)

As Jews presently enjoy a disproportionate share of the wholesale and retail trade, such a balanced distribution can be achieved only by refusing them further trading licenses, until such a time as the other main population groups, such as English- and Afrikaans-speakers, have gained a proportion which (as far as practicable) corresponds to their percentage of the white population. ... Of course, the discrimination must disappear as soon as the correct balance (ewewigtige toestand) has been achieved.

Hendrik Verwoerd

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