This only began to change after 1985, when then editor Piet Cillié, a staunch supporter of the government under B. J. Vorster and P. W. Botha, retired. In 1990, the National Party was officially informed by editor Ebbe Dommisse that it no longer served as a political mouthpiece.
This only started to change after 1985, when Piet Cillié, a devoted supporter of the government under Vorster and Botha, resigned as editor. In 1990, the National Party was officially informed by Ebbe Dommisse that it had ceased to function as a mouthpiece for politics.