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this
is the government british news
presenting the world
to the world
days of south africa's history in the
making live again as the spanx riders
bring greetings to johannesburg from all
parts of the union
and receive medals to commemorate the
great trek of more than a century ago
petroleum and the poor truckers monument
in training those early pioneers
becomes the focus point for tens of
thousands of afrikaners
converging on this historic spot they
follow the routes taken by the dutch
settlers who left british territories so
long ago
they found their own republic beyond the
orange river
chief among these trickers of 1949 were
prime minister milan and general smuts
joining a burst company 250 000 strong
south africa's great soldier listens to
the words of the nation's leader
as he recalls old memories to those who
wear the costumes of those stirring days
then general smutz himself gave a
message to the afrikaners of today and
tomorrow
a message eagerly heard by the young men
and women who later had the honor of
opening the doors of the national shrine
the nugget indomitable spirit that
inspired the foretrackers
lives on in the union of today
you