Pik Botha, the former foreign minister, has been rebuffed by President Thabo Mbeki in his efforts to persuade the government to set up a high-powered body to manage and monitor infrastructure ...

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'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 ...

Apartheid era Foreign Minister, Pik Botha gives Winnie Madikizela Mandela ... putting his trust in Thabo Mbeki and describing his membership as an act of attrition, or that he is known to have ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

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.

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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 ...