Peter Botha: the Legacy of Apartheid's Last Hardline Leader

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On October 31, 2006, Peter Willem Botha, the man who led South Africa through one of the most turbulent periods in apartheid history, died at his home near Wilderness. He was 90 years old. Decades later, his name remains associated not with the transition to democracy but with the old regime’s attempt to survive through limited reforms and coercive measures. Botha was prime minister from 1978 to 1984, then became the country’s first executive st…