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BOTHA, JHAge Description ... nie almal onder die bome staan nie. Ons moet saam wys dat ons het pyn van onse comrades wat in die verlede doodgemaak was deur die ou regime van PW Botha’ [Comrades, today is a significant day, our people have been heavily hit by the past … I would like us to show solidarity with our comrades ... Alright, can I have a question from Robert Brand first, from The Star? // Our country’s full of people like PW Botha and Adriaan Vlok and Johan van der Merwe who are going to apply for amnesty. If these people get amnesty, and a lot of people remain in public positions, government jobs, get state ... The raids in Lesotho 1982, 1985; the raids in Matola 1981; the raids in Swaziland; the raids in Mozambique; the raids in Angola; the raids in Zambia; the raids in Zimbabwe; the raids in Botswana; all were because of the policies of PW Botha. ... generals said very interesting things and omitted many interesting things. And fingers were pointed all the way up to mister total onslaught, PW Botha. We have full reports on the generals’ evidence and the amnesty application of five security policemen. We also tell you the stories of two ... ... Vlakplaas and about a range of different specific killings. But one of the most dampening/damning effects of education was the apartheid regime, PW Botha, FW de Klerk specifically not allowing people to be educated. And by disabling and robbing people of that, De Klerk must come forward and ... ... appear before the Truth Commission, calling it ‘a circus.’ The Commission had no choice to refer the matter to the Attorney-General who charged Botha with contravening the Truth and Reconciliation Act. Botha’s first court appearance turned out to be a ... other large external operation, was sanctioned personally by the Prime Minister, PJ Vorster, under the advice of the Minister of Defence, who was PW Botha and of course advice by the chief of the National Defence Force, General Malan, and the chief of the army, General Constant Viljoen. But ... ... of the past’ which is also often avoided or denied but which ‘has to be faced squarely.’ The Committee however refused amnesty to David Botha, the leader of the cell who ordered the bus attack saying that there was ‘no evidence that he had received instructions to carry it ... ... security climate in which negotiations could take place. The members of the previous governments, with a few exceptions, such as mister PW Botha avoid taking a clear comprehensive, collective, political and moral responsibility for the actions of the South African Defence Force and its ... Mister Botha put it as follows. ‘There is an attempt under Marxist leadership to bring about the revolution in southern Africa, more specifically in the Republic of South Africa. This can no longer be denied. The revolutionary elements are there and nothing can satisfy the hunger of those powers. ... ... hurts. They believed in them. Although they blame the white people, they didn’t know. I still don’t know… and I feel ... I hope that mister Botha has mellowed and he will be humbled, he will humble himself to ... ... against Madikizela-Mandela and others. Talking about criminal charges and problematic public figures, as we expected, former State President PW Botha did not arrive at the Truth Commission hearing in Cape Town on Friday. If he insists on ignoring the subpoena to cooperate his chances of going ... ... found that there was also prima facie evidence that CCB members Staal Burger, Ferdi Barnard, Chappies Maree, Wouter Basson, Johan Niemoller, Calla Botha, Slang van Zyl and CCB commander, Joe Verster were accomplices to the murder. Magnus Malan says he has never heard of this ... In a sense its rather ironic that in a time when Mr PW Botha doesn’t want to come to the TRC that some of the more right wing people are wanting to come to the TRC and I think we owe them that they should have a hearing, or an event where they can put their case. Also for the sake of ... Certainly the questions uppermost in the minds of Archbishop Tutu and his team this week. They”d gathered former State Security Council members Pik Botha, Adriaan Vlok, Roelf Meyer and Leon Wessels to get straight answers. Was the State Security Council a shadow cabinet? What were its precise ... Right next to the Magistrate’s Court and the area where the people demonstrated is the George Museum. A large part of the Museum is taken up by an exhibition of the life of PW Botha, but this exhibition will not remain untouched for long. Friday morning, 23 January 1998. PW Botha’s day in court had come. Photographers are waiting to catch Botha of taking his early morning customary walk outside his Wilderness mansion. ... anger continues to grow in the wake of the commando raid on alleged ANC bases in the Botswana capital of Gaborone. Foreign minister, Minister Pik Botha said in September last year that the Botswana government had not been able to reach acceptable understanding with the South African government ... The other dimension of course was a perception which was deeply held, particularly by PW Botha and the State Security Council up until 1985 and that was that the primary threat to South Africa was external. be damaged by explosives to such an extent that it could no longer be utilized. According to mister Vlok this instruction had come from President PW Botha personally. It was common knowledge within security circles at the time that the building served as a sort of internal headquarters of the ANC ... |
