PW Botha, unrepentant defender of apartheid, dies aged 90 ; WORLD

The Independent - London | November 1, 2006| | Copyright

The former South African president, P W Botha, who never publicly repented of his hardline stance during the country's worst years of racial violence, died last night aged 90 at his seaside home in the Western Cape.

According to a security guard at the apartheid-era president's home at Wilderness, near George on the east coast, Botha died "peacefully" yesterday evening after suffering a heart attack.

Known for his violent temper and finger wagging, Botha was nicknamed die Groot Krokodil (the Great Crocodile). As prime minister from 1978 to 1984 and state president from 1984 to 1989, he ...

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