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Daniël Wynand Steyn (born 12 May 1923 in Heilbron, South Africa). DW Steyn passed away in June 2017.
From 1953 to 1966, he was employed in the Municipality of Pretoria then from 1967 to 1974, Director of Telecommunications within the IT department of the armaments Council (ARMSCORs predecessor).
Steyn was elected to Parliament in 1974 as MP for Wonderboom. He entered government six years later, on 6 October 1980, as Deputy Minister of Finance and Industry, Trade and Tourism. In 1982, he was appointed Minister of Education and Training and Minister of Mineral and Energy Affairs (1983-1989), a position he then combines with economic affairs and technology (1986-1989). He retired from public life in 1989.
Open Secrets interviewed Steyn in February 2016. Reflections of that interview are included in Apartheid Guns & Money. Following the interview, Steyn facilitated Open Secrets’ access to his collection of papers from his time in the National Party and as a Cabinet Minister. The documents in this archive represent the selection of material taken by Open Secrets when consulting these documents.
1. AG investigation into oil irregularities Garbers National Order
2. Collection of party funding by district Altron (Venter) Donation Corporations to target
3. France Thomson CSF to supply 6 buise for Hartebeeshoek Radar Station Barend Du Plessis Taipei
4. G Atmore (Rhodesian) offers to help with anti-sanctions
5. GAH Holdings in Yugoslavia Georgiadis Thomson CSF.
6. Gebert Request for Exemption from Military French Politics
7. Hersov and Mennel not Funding Bill Venter Donation
8. Landau and Turkey Brown Boveri and Nuclear
9. Landau and Turkey_Brown Boveri and Nuclear Klein Zebedeila BP Armscor
10. Michael Z Ron emigrate to SA Williamson Klopper.
11. National Student Federation International Links
12. NP Funding 1983 Individuals + Companies Approached
13. NP funding per constituency 1985-86
14. NP Shares in Companies Setting up front for funding
15. Pik Botha and PR China Mozambique
16. Project Republic Section 21 Company DW Steyn Director
17. ProRep established Hendrik Schoeman DW Steyn Chair of Transvaal NP Financial Committee
18. Prorep establishment Transvaal NP Budget 1989
19. Sharpeville Six and International Opinion Pik Botha
20. Steyn trip to London Georgiadis
21. TJ de Waal Order of the Star Armscor
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