 After returning to South Africa, he joined the National Party in 1956.He became a researcher for Hendrik Verwoerd, the Prime Minister of South Africa, and was appointed director of the "Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge", an institute for the advancement of Afrikaner culture.In 1962, he became secretary of the Afrikaner Broederbond and in 1964 was elected Member of Parliament for Primrose.