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Louis Botha

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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 besieged the British at Ladysmith and defeated their forces at Colenso. In 1900 he succeeded General Joubert as commander of the Transvaal army and led its remnants in guerrilla fighting. After the war (1902) he favored cooperation with the British. Botha was (1907-10) premier of the Transvaal. As t... Read more

Louis Botha
Louis Botha The South African soldier and statesman Louis Botha (1862-1919), one of the most important...the Afrikaner influenced the attitude of Louis Botha to the Africans, the British, and the nationalists... Read more

Botha, Louis
Botha, Louis (1862–1919) South African soldier...successful Boer leaders in the Boer War, Botha became commander-in-chief in 1900 and waged...became its Prime Minister a year later. Botha supported the Allies in World War I, gaining... Read more

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	RU: Spencer's kicking questioned by Botha; Koen convinced ; ...Spencer's kicking questioned by Botha; Koen convinced By Daniel Gilhooly...South African sharpshooter Louis Koen says Carlos Spencer's...former Springbok great Naas Botha is not convinced. Botha, who kicked 304 points in 28...handle the heaviest pressure, Botha said. Come that one magical... Read more
	Botha to take page from Holyfield book ; ...got to get (Tyson) back on his heels and make him miss," Botha said. "You've got to push him around, wrestle him and hold...hitting him. You have to tie him up, move away and counter." Botha, 30, of South Africa, weighed 233 for the fight, which...experts, who expected him to weigh in the high 220s. But ... Read more
	Too much Botha ; From Reinier Botha Sir: P.W. Botha's death prompts me to record that for many of us P.W. Botha was an embarrassment, as was his foreign minister Pik Botha. There was only one Botha who has done our family proud, the Boer War era general...prime minister, Jan Smuts's mentor and a true statesman ... Read more
	Botha backs pressure kicker ; Springboks great Naas Botha believes goal- kicking may decide the...Mehrtens' class for that one magical moment. Botha -- one of the greatest goal- kickers...general play. Current Springbok goal-kicker Louis Koen believed Spencer was a good enough kicker to win the World Cup, but Botha said the ... Read more
	Saartjie Botha’s name keeps on popping up.(Life) ; ...Oudtshoorn later this month and you’ll spot Saartjie Botha’s name associated, in one way or another, with at least five of the most significant productions on offer. Botha’s 2006 drama, Altyd Jonker – based...Vleis, Rys en Aartappels (Meat, Rice and Potatoes) in 2001, ... Read more
	P. W. BOTHA ; President of South Africa whose tentative reforms were disabled by his adherence to apartheid ; ...most powerful armies on the continent. At the same time, Botha joined hands with South Africa's private sector and through...relationship with the military was to have a fundamental impact on Botha's fortunes. It placed him in a powerful position to take...arbiter of political dispute. On 28 September 1975, ... Read more
	S. Africa to ease curbs // Botha vows pass laws controlling blacks will be scrapped ; ...scrapped by July 1, President Pieter W. Botha said yesterday. The announcement was...apartheid laws. In the advertisement, Botha addressed South Africans in the form...The deputy minister of information, Louis Nel, said the annoucement was categorical...scrapped and would not be replaced. Botha ... Read more
	BOTHA ASSAILED FOR HALTING THE MURDER TRIAL OF SIX SOLDIERS ; ...complicity in a 1984 mob killing of a black town councilor. Botha said his policy was to avoid interfering with the judicial...criminology professor at the University of Cape Town, said Botha's intervention was the worst type of executive interfence...Dalling, a Progressive Federal member of Parliament, said ... Read more
	Botha Assailed for Halting Trial;S. African Opposition Charges Double Standard in Clemency Offers ; ...territory of Namibia. Opposition members of Parliament charged Botha with duplicity for intervening in the murder trial just...the opposition Progressive Federal Party, today accused Botha of applying a double standard in the president's right...had been "put above the ordinary law of the country." Botha ... Read more
	SA truth inquiry set to subpoena PW Botha ; ...ever before to the old National Party cabinet and to Mr Botha. It now looks increasingly likely that the former president...would be politically delicate and socially divisive. Mr Botha refuses to recognise the commission. Yesterday's evidence undermines assertions by Mr Botha's successor, FW de Klerk, ... Read more

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