Hendrik Verwoerd dan siyasa ne kuma malami dan kasar Afirka ta Kudu wanda ya rike mukamin Fira Ministan Afirka ta Kudu daga shekarar 1958 har zuwa lokacin da aka kashe shi a shekarar 1966. Ana yi masa kallon wanda ya tsara tsarin wariyar launin fata, tsarin wariyar launin fata da wariya da aka aiwatar a kasar. Afirka ta Kudu daga 1948 zuwa farkon 1990s. Verwoerd ya kasance mai fafutukar tabbatar da wariyar launin fata kuma ya yi imanin cewa ci gaban jinsi daban-daban ya zama dole don kiyaye kwanciyar hankali da wadatar Afirka ta Kudu. Duk da haka, an yi Allah wadai da manufofinsa a cikin Afirka ta Kudu da kuma na duniya baki daya, kuma ya kasance mai yawan cece-kuce a tarihin kasar.