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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... Read more |
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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 ... Read more |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Battle of Spion Kop
Spion Kop, battle of, 1900. A battle of the second Boer War (1899–1902), famous at the time for its slaughter. The battle arose from repeated British attempts to relieve the siege of Ladysmith. The highest point of the Tugela Heights, Spion Kop (‘Lookout Mountain’), is 1,470... Read more |
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Jan Christian Smuts
SMUTS, JAN CHRISTIAN (CHRISTIAAN)(b. Bovenplaats near Riebeeck West, Cape Colony (now South Africa), 24 May 1870; d. Irene, near Pretoria, South Africa, 11 September 1950),lawyer, politician, general, prime minister, scientist, philosopher.Smuts was a South African statesman, an idealist... Read more |
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Olaudah Equiano
Olaudah Equiano Olaudah Equiano (1745-ca. 1801) was an African slave, freedman, and author who wrote the first outstanding autobiography in slave narrative literature. Olaudah Equiano was born at Essaka, an Ibo village (not now known) in the Benin Province of present-day Nigeria. At age 11... Read more |
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African languages
African languages geographic rather than linguistic classification of languages spoken on the African continent. Historically the term refers to the languages of sub-Saharan Africa, which do not belong to a single family, but are divided among several distinct linguistic stocks. It is estimated... Read more |
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Few tears for Groot Krokodil; PW Botha remembered as a hardliner.(News)
...reporters SOUTH Africa...president, PW Botha died at his...opponents said he missed...opportunity to take South Africa in...life, the African National...involving black South Africans in ... |
 "The Independent on Saturday (South Africa)")
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Botha Bombs buried; Ill-tempered, quixotic, atomic - PW gave world leaders...
...large part of PW Botha's legacy...building of a South African arsenal of...which they said had first...censored in South Africa...with the Botha Bombs came...coast of South Africa which, ... |
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Apartheid advocate PW Botha dies
SOUTH AFRICA: PW Botha, who was the face of white South Africa as president...broadsides at the African National Congress...leadership Mr Botha resisted mounting...pressure to release South Africa's most...what ... |
 "The Independent (London, England)")
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PW Botha, unrepentant defender of apartheid, dies aged 90 ; WORLD
The former South African president, P W Botha, who never publicly repented...George on the east coast, Botha died "peacefully" yesterday...report, the commission said Botha ordered the 1988...collection of interviews with a ... |
 "The Star (South Africa)")
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Cosatu rages over praise for PW Botha; Federation says reforms were forced by...
...for real change, Botha and his allies were...democracy," Cosatu said. The overwhelming majority of South Africans and the people of the world would remember Botha only with hatred and...disgust, the federation said. "He will ... |
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South Africans indifferent over death of Botha
SOUTH AFRICA: There...the death of PW Botha - the hardline...of apartheid South Africa - was...November 8th. The African National Congress...condolences to Mr Botha's family...But for many South ... |
 "The Sunday Independent (South Africa)")
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PW's former home passes from 'one South African to another'.(News)
...the home of PW Botha, the former...Friends of Botha packed the balcony...Alliance Group said the auction...own a piece of South African history...an era," he said. Ntsaluba was...arrived at the ... |
 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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BIG BOTHA; BIG BROTHER : Housemate to swap with South African contestant as...
...contestant from the South Africa show, it was...someone from the series in South Africa - once ruled by president PW Botha. A show insider said last night: "This...Elstree studio doors. The South African ... |
 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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'Court will not destroy my soul' says Botha.
...president PW Botha went on trial...appear before South Africa's...in power, said before entering...contingent. Botha led South Africa from...de Klerk. Botha has consistently...The TRC has ... |
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Pieter Willem Botha
...October 31, 2006. PW BOTHA'S former bitter...throughout his rule, said: "While, to many, Botha will remain a...such as current South African president Thabo...will be unkind to PW Botha. It ... |
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