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Louis Botha
Louis Botha , 1862-1919, South African soldier and statesman. A Boer (Afrikaner), he participated in the founding (1884) of the New Republic, which joined (1888) the Transvaal. Although Botha had little previous military experience, he brilliantly commanded Boer troops in the South African War. He b... Read more
Pieter Willem Botha
Pieter Willem Botha , 1916-2006, South African political leader. An Afrikaner and a member of the right-wing National party, he first entered parliament in 1948. Botha gained prominence as minister of defense (1966-80) and became prime minister in 1978. He initiated a limited reform of apartheid p... Read more
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Jan Christiaan Smuts , 1870-1950, South African statesman and soldier, b. Cape Colony. Of Boer (Afrikaner) stock but a British subject by birth, he was educated at Victoria College (at Stellenbosch) and at Cambridge, where he won highest honors in law. In 1895 he was admitted to the Cape Colony... Read more
F. W. de Klerk
F. W. de Klerk (Frederik Willem de Klerk) , 1936-, South African statesman, president of South Africa (1989-94). Holding ministerial posts from 1978, he became (1989) acting president when P. W. Botha resigned. Recognizing that black resistance to the white power monopoly would only increase, de... Read more
Durban
Durban , city (1991 pop. 473,826), KwaZulu-Natal, E South Africa, on Natal Bay, an arm of the Indian Ocean. Durban is an industrial center, a major seaport, and a year-round resort. Industries include sugar refining, shipbuilding and ship repairing, petroleum refining, fishing, automobile assembly, ... Read more
James Barry Munnik Hertzog
James Barry Munnik Hertzog , 1866-1942, South African military and political leader. Before the South African War, in which he commanded a division of the Boer forces (1899-1902), he had been a judge in the Orange Free State. As minister of education in the Orange River Colony (1907-10), he insisted... Read more
Transvaal
Transvaal , former province, NE South Africa. With the new constitution of 1994, it was divided into Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo), Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Veereeniging (now Gauteng), and part of North West prov. The Transvaal was bounded on the N and W by the L... Read more
South African War
South African War or Boer War, 1899-1902, war of the South African Republic (Transvaal) and the Orange Free State against Great Britain. Background Beginning with the acquisition in 1814 of the Cape of Good Hope, Great Britain gradually increased its territorial possessions in S Afric... Read more
South Africa
South Africa Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. It borders on the Atlantic Ocean in the west, on Namibia in the northwest, on Botswana and Zimbabwe in the north, on Mozambique and Swaziland i... Read more
apartheid
apartheid [Afrik.,=apartness], system of racial segregation peculiar to the Republic of South Africa, the legal basis of which was largely repealed in 1991-92. History Racial segregation and the supremacy of whites had been traditionally accepted in South Africa prior to 1948, but in the ... Read more

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Botha, P.W.
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography P. W. Botha Born: January 12, 1916 Orange Free State...for six years as prime minister, P. W. Botha became the first executive state president...also used force to take down opposition. Botha is best known for his stubbornness, a trait...
Louis Botha
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Louis Botha The South African soldier and statesman Louis Botha (1862-1919), one of the most important Boer leaders...security for the Afrikaner influenced the attitude of Louis Botha to the Africans, the British, and the nationalists in...
Pieter Willem Botha
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Pieter Willem Botha Pieter Willem Botha (born 1916) was inaugurated as the first executive state president...Africa in 1984 after serving for six years as prime minister. Botha's administration was characterized by civil unrest. His policies...
Botha, Louis
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Botha, Louis (1862–1919) South African politician and military leader. During the South African War (1899–1902), Botha was an outstanding commander and led the Transvaal delegation at the peace...
Jan Christian Smuts
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...peace negotiations at Vereeniging. Smuts-Botha Government After the war Smuts returned...reentered politics. In 1904 Smuts joined Louis Botha to launch a political party, Het Volk...period from 1904 to 1919, the Smuts-Botha combination was the great fact of South...
de Klerk, F. W.
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...thousands by 1986. President Pieter W. Botha (1916 – ) eased some "petty...nearly two-thirds of its value. But Botha maintained his resistance to fundamental...Klerk as party leader In January of 1989 Botha suffered a stroke that forced him to resign...
Fredrik Willem de Klerk
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...John Vorster and his successor, P. W. Botha, suppressed dissent vigorously and assured...Whites more resistant to change, not less. Botha instituted mild reforms. For example...increased, rising into the thousands by 1986. Botha eased some "petty apartheid" laws, but...
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...South Africa, and he joined with Louis Botha to achieve this alliance. Smuts was instrumental...Africa ). Smuts continuously held office in Botha's cabinet, serving as minister of defense...served by the League of Nations. Upon Botha's death (1919), Smuts headed the United...
South Africa
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...of South Africa was formed, with Louis Botha as prime minister. In 1912, the African...the Union. In 1919, Jan Smuts succeeded Botha as Prime Minister. In 1931, Smuts' successor...wave of opposition. In 1978, P. W. Botha was elected Prime Minister. During the...
James Barry Munnik Hertzog
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Hertzog's retort was "So do I!" Louis Botha invited Hertzog to join his Cabinet when...doomed almost from the beginning. Where Botha cooperated with Britain, conciliated the...State's educational system, which forced Botha to resign (1912) and reconstitute his...

Dictionary entries related to "Botha,"

Botha, Louis
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Botha, Louis (1862–1919) South African...successful Boer leaders in the Boer War, Botha became commander-in-chief in 1900 and...became its Prime Minister a year later. Botha supported the Allies in World War I, gaining...
Botha, P(ieter) W(illem)
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Botha, P(ieter) W(illem) (1916– ) South African statesman, Prime Minister (1978–84), State...
Botha, Pieter Willem
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Botha, Pieter Willem (b. 12 Jan. 1916). Prime Minister of South Africa 1978–84, President 1984–9 Born...
Smuts, Jan Christiaan
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...South African War , agreeing with Louis Botha in 1902 that it was better to accept an...Throughout his life, he was committed to Botha's ideals of reconciliation between English-and Afrikaans-speaking Whites. In Botha's first Transvaal government of 1907...
National Party
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...15 by General J. B. M. HERTZOG after his secession from Botha's South African Party. In 1924 it became the Nationalist...uninterrupted power from 1948 to 1994. Attempts by President P. W. Botha to meet the twin threats of domestic unrest and international...
de Klerk, Frederik Willem
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...section of the NP (from 1982), he became leader of the NP following P. W. Botha's stroke on 2 February 1989. He took part in ‘encouraging’ Botha to resign and became President himself on 15 August 1989. A pragmatic politician...
South Africa
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...isolation in the diplomatic world. In 1985 the regime of P. W. Botha began to make some attempts to ease tension by interpreting...states in their demand for international sanctions. President Botha retired in 1989 and his successor President DE KLERK began the...
South African War
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...guerrilla warfare began under the military leadership of Louis Botha and Christiaan de Wet (b. 1854, d. 1922), when Afrikaner...believed to support, or be connected with, the enemy. In 1902, Botha decided to sue for peace while the Afrikaner forces still possessed...
Hertzog, James Barry Munuik
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...South African union, and as a cultural leader of the Afrikaans-speaking people was included in Louis Botha's first Cabinet. He opposed Botha's conciliatory attitude towards the English, however, and in early 1913 he was excluded from the...
New Haven Colony
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...taken from the Quinnipiac Indians for token value by John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton and their followers. "New Haven" was botha name connoting an Englishport and, more importantly, a literal signifier of what the Puritan founders hoped the American port...

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Botha, Tyson Square Off
News Wire article from: AP Online; 1/17/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...Boxing Writer AP Online 01-17-1999 Botha, Tyson Square Off LAS VEGAS (AP...Tyson's heavyweight fight with Francois Botha on Saturday night at the MGM Grand: Round...State Athletic Commission last Oct. 19. Botha entered the ring first, wearing black...
BOTHA QUITS AS S. AFRICA CHIEF.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 8/15/1989; 700+ words ; ...Ridder South African President Pieter W. Botha, unchallenged for nearly all of his 11...of his own handpicked Cabinet members, Botha, 73, told a national television audience...other than to announce my resignation." Botha's resignation after 40 years of service...
Botha Takes 3 Rounds, Tyson 1
News Wire article from: AP Online; 1/17/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...Boxing Writer AP Online 01-17-1999 Botha Takes 3 Rounds, Tyson 1 LAS VEGAS (AP...Tyson's heavyweight fight with Francois Botha on Saturday night at the MGM Grand: Round...State Athletic Commission last Oct. 19. Botha entered the ring first, wearing black...
Botha faces deadline to strike a deal with South Africa prosecutors.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 4/14/1998; ; 700+ words ; GEORGE, South Africa _ P.W. Botha, South Africa's crusty former president...abuses of the apartheid era. Lawyers for Botha and South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation...saving way to avoid a criminal trial for Botha, 82, a white defender of apartheid...
Botha's Stroke Sets Off Speculation on Successor
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/30/1989; ; 700+ words ; ...thing South African President Pieter W. Botha did when he returned to his official residence...when the workmen hauled the desk up to Botha's second-floor bedroom at Cecil Rhodes...Africa's senior Cabinet ministers that Botha is still in charge, and that it is too...
Botha Trial Begins
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 4/15/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...contempt trial of South Africa' s former President, P.W. Botha. Botha, who's 82, is charged with refusing to appear before...alleged to have committed gross human rights abuses during Botha's term as president. The trial was scheduled to begin...
Botha Takes Round 1 and 2, Tyson 3
News Wire article from: AP Online; 1/17/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...Boxing Writer AP Online 01-17-1999 Botha Takes Round 1 and 2, Tyson 3 LAS VEGAS...Tyson's heavyweight fight with Francois Botha on Saturday night at the MGM Grand: Round...State Athletic Commission last Oct. 19. Botha entered the ring first, wearing black...
Botha found guilty of ignoring summons from Truth Commission
News Wire article from: AP Online; 8/21/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...Africa (AP) _ Former President P.W. Botha, given a day in court his government denied...could have sentenced the 82-year-old Botha to two years in prison, but said he took into account Botha's age and frail health. Lugaju criticized...
Botha preparing for Tyson
News Wire article from: AP Online; 12/17/1998; ; 675 words ; ...Writer AP Online 12-17-1998 Francois Botha isn't Peter McNeeley, but he is not...you again,'' said the 30-year-old Botha, who has been chosen as the opponent for...for biting Evander Holyfield's ears. Botha might not be a world-beater and he...
BOTHA ASKS FOR BLACK ROLE IN PRETORIA
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 4/22/1988; ; 700+ words ; JOHANNESBURG - President P. W. Botha said yesterday that he would push for black...college that selects the president. Aides to Botha called the proposals, outlined in a speech...Conservatives' Koos Van der Merwe urged Botha to resign and said the president's...