Opening of Hendrik Verwoerd Dam (design): Storage and irrigation dam on the Orange River, south-east of Bethulie and north of Venterstad, it was originally named after Hendrik Verwoerd, on its commission in 1971, the prime minister from 1958 to 1966. After the end of apartheid, the name was considered unsuitable, and was officially changed to Gariep Dam in 1996. (Peter Edmund Raper, 1987: 203)
país: Suid-Afrika
any: 1972
Yvert: 334