JOHANNESBURG – President Thabo Mbeki has warned that if the ... This was the gist of a letter sent by Mbeki to Pik Botha in July last year, after the former National Party minister of foreign ...

Pik Botha's sprawling smallholding north of Pretoria is a fascinating ... He used to call me when I was a parliamentary reporter, asking about events or sittings or what then-president Thabo Mbeki or ...

Pik Botha then made worldwide headlines in February ... throwing his support behind President Thabo Mbeki. In recent years, Botha has expressed criticism for affirmative action policies saying ...

Pik Botha's first run-in with his boss came in 1985 when he reportedly ... He emerged from retirement in 2000 to declare his support for President Thabo Mbeki, and it was reported that he had joined ...

In his own way, former state president PW Botha realised South Africans had no alternative but to reach out to one another, President Thabo Mbeki said on Wednesday. Botha took over the reigns of ...

PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki’s bizarre decision to exclude the country’s leading anti-corruption watchdog from a probe into the states shady R43bn arms deal has raised fresh doubts over his ...

Pik Botha, the long-serving foreign minister of ... of members of the security establishment any more than President Thabo Mbeki could be held responsible for policemen who today collude with ...

Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. JOHANNESBURG — Roelof “Pik” Botha, the last foreign minister of South Africa’s apartheid era and a contradictory ...

THERE WERE few things Pik Botha liked more than telling a story, except, perhaps, being at the centre of one. Eyes flashing and with a stage performer’s perfect timing, he would cast his spells.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Roelof “Pik” Botha, the last foreign minister of South Africa’s apartheid era and a contradictory figure who staunchly defended white minority rule but recognized that ...