16 APRIL 1954, Page 7

Little White Father

Expounding to the House of Assembly his project for the incorporation of Basutoland, Swaziland and Bechuanaland in South Africa, Dr. Malan is reported to have said: "The transfer will be in the interests of the natives themselves." Coming from almost anybody else, the statement would have sounded like a rather perfunctory form of humbug. The awful thing about Dr. Malan is that he firmly believes it to be true.