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Piet Botha was also the frontman for Blues Rock group Jack Hammer. Picture: Piet Botha Facebook page

Pik botha

Rock legend Piet Botha dies

By Monique Mortlock

The musician was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer earlier this year.

  • FILE: Former South African President Jacob Zuma appeared in the Durban High Court on 8 June 2018. He is charged with 16 counts that include fraud‚ corruption and racketeering. Picture: Felix Dlangamandla/Pool

    EWN's top 2018 audio clips: From Jacob Zuma to Adam Catzavelos & more

    From a change in presidents to the deaths of icons and ordinary citizens making headlines for all the right and wrong reasons, South Africa has had quite an interesting year.

    1268 days ago
  • FILE: Pik Botha, former South African foreign minister, listens to questions from members of the TRC 14 October 1997 at hearings in Johannesburg. Picture: AFP.

    [OPINION] Pik Botha: Obits fail to recognise that he protected apartheid

    The sympathetic take on Pik Botha as a man of peace and a frustrated democrat is a travesty.

    1305 days ago
  • Former Foreign Affairs Pik Botha during a conference at the Council Chambers at the Civic Centre in Cape Town to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of FW de Klerk's speech in Parliament in which he announced Nelson Mandela's release from prison and opened the way to South Africa's constitutional transformation. Picture: Gallo Images/Foto24/Nasief Manie

    Former minister Pik Botha to be laid to rest today

    The 86-year-old died two weeks ago after an illness.

    1306 days ago
  • Br Dr Jack & Curtis.

    [CARTOON] The Yin & Yang of Pik

    By Dr Jack & Curtis.

    1306 days ago
  • Former Foreign Affairs Pik Botha during a conference at the Council Chambers at the Civic Centre in Cape Town to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of FW de Klerk's speech in Parliament in which he announced Nelson Mandela's release from prison and opened the way to South Africa's constitutional transformation. Picture: Gallo Images/Foto24/Nasief Manie

    [OPINION] Pik Botha and Namibia: Ambiguities and contradictions

    Pik Botha defended apartheid and South Africa's occupation of Namibia, but in the end, helped end both.

    1311 days ago
  • FILE: South African Foreign Affairs Minister Pik Botha in Pretoria on 26 October 1988. Picture: AFP

    Moeletsi Mbeki remembers longtime friend Pik Botha

    Former Foreign Affairs Minister Pik Botha died at a Pretoria hospital on Thursday at the of 86.

    1316 days ago
  • Former Foreign Affairs Pik Botha during a conference at the Council Chambers at the Civic Centre in Cape Town to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of FW de Klerk's speech in Parliament in which he announced Nelson Mandela's release from prison and opened the way to South Africa's constitutional transformation. Picture: Gallo Images/Foto24/Nasief Manie

    Citizens express mixed opinions over remembering Pik Botha

    An apartheid-era minister, Botha is seen by some as having been more liberal than his National Party colleagues.

    1316 days ago
  • Former Foreign Affairs Minister Pik Botha at his home in Pretoria on 17 April 2012. Picture: Gallo Images/Foto24/Lisa Hnatowicz

    Pik Botha remembered differently across political divide

    While many are disagreeing about the role he played in the country’s history, he’s also being remembered with interesting details and anecdotes of his public life.

    1316 days ago
  • FILE: Pik Botha in 1977. Picture: AFP.

    [LISTEN] ‘Pik Botha was almost larger than life & always jovial’

    Talk Radio 702’s Bongani Bingwa speaks to veteran journalist Max du Preez about the life and times of Pik Botha.

    1316 days ago
  • Former Foreign Affairs Pik Botha during a conference at the Council Chambers at the Civic Centre in Cape Town to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of FW de Klerk's speech in Parliament in which he announced Nelson Mandela's release from prison and opened the way to South Africa's constitutional transformation. Picture: Gallo Images/Foto24/Nasief Manie

    ‘SA must remember Pik Botha’s role in establishing democracy’

    The former South African foreign minister died on Thursday night at a Pretoria hospital at the age of 86.

    1316 days ago
  • 16 October 1994: Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Nelson Mandela and Pik Botha attend a rally. Picture: Gallo Images/Avusa/Johan Kuus

    ANC pays tribute to Pik Botha

    The party says it viewed him as one of the few former National Party leaders who realised that apartheid was wrong and a crime against humanity.

    1316 days ago
  • FILE: South African Foreign Affairs Minister Pik Botha in Pretoria on 26 October 1988. Picture: AFP

    [WATCH] The life of Pik Botha

    Apartheid-era Foreign Affairs Minister Pik Botha has died at the age of 86. He passed away at a Pretoria hospital on Thursday night.

    1316 days ago
  • FILE: Pik Botha, former South African foreign minister, goes through his notes while members of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission board are in discussion during hearings in Johannesburg on 14 October 1997. Picture: AFP

    Tributes pour in for 'servant of change' Pik Botha

    Botha passed away overnight in Pretoria.

    1317 days ago
  • FILE: Pik Botha in 1977. Picture: AFP.

    [GALLERY] The political life of Pik Botha

    A look at the life of former Foreign Affairs Minister Pik Botha, who has died aged 86.

    1317 days ago
  • This file picture dated 18 March 1992 shows former South African President Frederik de Klerk (right), flanked by his Foreign Affairs Minister Pik Botha, acknowledging applause from the crowd after a referendum in Cape Town. Picture: AFP.

    [LISTEN] The life & times of Pik Botha

    Mandy Wiener takes a look at Roelf Frederik 'Pik' Botha's life both as an apartheid-era minister and after democracy.

    1317 days ago
  • FILE: Pik Botha, former South African foreign minister, listens to questions from members of the TRC 14 October 1997 at hearings in Johannesburg. Picture: AFP.

    Apartheid-era minister Pik Botha dies at 86

    Pik Botha passed away at a Pretoria hospital on Thursday night.

    1317 days ago
  • Former Foreign Affairs Minister Pik Botha. Picture: AFP.

    ‘SA’s education system the worst in Africa’

    Pik Botha questions how the ANC will tackle inequality if government can’t educate the youth.

    3200 days ago
  • Pik Botha says Nelson Mandela once told him he feared whites would leave SA if pushed by Affirmative Action. Picture: Supplied

    Pik Botha: ANC has betrayed Codesa

    Botha says Nelson Mandela once told him he feared whites would leave SA if pushed by Affirmative Action.

    3200 days ago
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