later was also coerced to leave the presidency. In F. W. de Klerk's 1992 apartheid referendum, Botha campaigned for a No vote and denounced De Klerk's administration...

President) P. W. Botha, under whom he served as foreign minister for 17 years. Botha was born at Rustenburg in the Transvaal, to Roelof Frederik Botha and Maria...

was elected to parliament and sat in the white-minority government of P. W. Botha, holding a succession of ministerial posts. As a minister, he supported...

When Pieter Willem Botha first became Prime Minister of South Africa in 1978, he appointed members of the National Party to positions in his first cabinet...

The second cabinet of Pieter Willem Botha was formed following his assumption of the position of State President, on 3 September 1984. It was dissolved...

delivered by South African President P. W. Botha on the evening of 15 August 1985 in Durban. The world was expecting Botha to announce major reforms in his...

the NP-led government led by P. W. Botha and the outlawed ANC led by then-imprisoned Nelson Mandela began in 1987 with Botha seeking to accommodate the...

presidents of South Africa when he was succeeded in 1984 by Prime Minister P. W. Botha, who combined the offices into an executive state presidency. Viljoen...

Minister in 1978, after twelve years in office. He was succeeded by P. W. Botha, a hardliner who nevertheless began the first reforms to moderate the...

conveying a strong message of nonviolence and compassion. In 1986, President P. W. Botha prohibited the UDF from receiving foreign funds. The UDF was under a...