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BOTHA, JHAge Description a policy of patronage towards those businesses that co-operated in the military industrial complex. In return for support, former State President PW Botha granted reforms proposed by the Wiehahn and Riekert Commissions, which allowed for significant changes to apartheid labour law and influx ... names of sources. The circular encourages members to test the agreement, and reminds them that there is no statutory backing for it. 24 In 1981 PW Botha made a veiled threat in parliament: ...we have a right to be proud of the large measure of freedom which the press continues to enjoy here... ... 11 The facts pertaining to the PW Botha case and his conviction are well known and require little comment. The irony in the fact that the man who took the state into the realms of criminality should have himself chosen to incur a criminal record at the hands of its democratic successor has not ... ... MABOKOANE, Teboho Abram MABOMBO, David MABOMBO, Mxolisi MABONA, Boekie April MABOPE, Expeditous Mzolisi MABOTE, Mahlomola Israel MABOTE, Petunia MABOTHA, Johannes MABOTJA, Alpheous MABOTJA, Kgoro William MABOTJA, Malesela George MABOTJA, Manoko Caroline MABOTJA, Phuti Salome MABOTSA, Leswika ... – from the mid-1980s – when a climate of ‘state lawlessness’ prevailed and the pretence of adherence to the rule of law was abandoned by the Botha regime. 33 In the intervening thirty years, however, the courts and the organised legal profession generally and subconsciously or ... 103 At the hearing on conscripts in Cape Town on 23 July 1997, Mr Craig Botha talked about his involvement in the SADF as a conscript in the Navy during the late 1970s and early 1980s. He spoke honestly about his participation in the war: As I look back upon this period, it is with deep shame ... ... “unbelievers”. Those who served, on the other hand, were given a New Testament with a special message from South Africa’s then President, PW Botha, telling them that the Bible was their “most important weapon”. This message was later removed, at the request of chaplains from the ... ... Thabo Mosala Transkei
‘Natural causes’
11.12.76 Wellington Tshazibane Johannesburg ‘Suicide by hanging’
15.12.76 George Botha Port
Elizabeth 'Suicide by jumping down stairwell'
9.1.77 Nabaoth Ntshuntsha Leslie 'Suicide by hanging'
20.1.77 Elmon Malele ... ... with challenges to its authority. The period during which the South African state ventured into the realm of criminal misconduct stretches from PW Botha’s accession to power in 1978 into the early 1990s, including a part of the period in which his successor held office. 80 At the beginning ... ... themselves occasionally expressed their amazement at such disclaimers. 358. For example, former Minister of Foreign Affairs Roelof ‘Pik’ Botha, Dr LD ‘Niel’ Barnard, and General Coetzee all testified that when they had convened for the State Security Council at 11am on 20 December ... with contributions from the state, organised civil society and individual citizens. 57 The role of the state was illustrated by Lieutenant Colonel Botha’s submission on a defence force project, Curamus Care for the Disabled, which was formed in 1990 to handle the treatment and aftercare “of ... ... should change not occur. 35 In both their submissions, the Church of England in South Africa spoke of how their leaders discreetly approached PW Botha and FW de Klerk to express “concern about wrongs”. They did not, however, indicate what the response of the state was, nor did they spell ... ... named Irish mercenary Donald Acheson as the assassin and, as accomplices, CCB members Joe Verster, Staal Burger, Abraham ‘Slang’ van Zyl, Calla Botha, Leon ‘Chappies’ Maree, Johan Niemoller jr, Captain Wouter Basson (aka Christo Britz), Ferdi Barnard, and Charles Wildschudt (formerly ... ... years and leave to appeal was refused. Lennox Sebe subsequently turned down three separate appeals by South African Foreign Affairs Minister Pik Botha to show clemency towards Charles Sebe. 136 In January 1985, the SADF was evicted from Ciskei following the deaths of recruits at a Ciskei ... ... which appears to have been drafted during rather than after the operation, lists those involved in or aware of Katzen as including President PW Botha, SADF chief General Jannie Geldenhuys, army chief general Kat Liebenberg, the commissioner of police (then General Johan Coetzee), the ... ... this period, however, Moutse's traditional leaders made it abundantly clear to representatives of the South African government, including PW Botha and Ministers Koornhof and Heunis, that they were opposed to independence. Moutse's chiefs and homeland politicians further warned that an ... ... caused by this massive social engineering was widespread and extreme. Old methods of forced removals were supplemented, especially during the Botha administration, by new tactics – including the simple but effective practice of unilaterally re-drawing homeland boundaries. Specific ... ... submissions were made by ANC leaders, Mr Ronnie Kasrils and Mr Cyril Ramaphosa, by the then South African Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Pik Botha, by a ballistics expert and by several senior police and military officers who had been in charge of the Ciskei security forces. The former ... training and leadership. The Republic also sought to tie the independent homelands into regional defence agreements. As originally formulated by the Botha administration, the aim was to create a ‘constellation of states’ throughout southern Africa, united in a common defence against the ... ... Durban on 9 July 1987. The police claimed that Cele had tried to detonate a grenade while pointing out a site. The investigating officer, Hentie Botha, stated that Cele had been detained by the Security Branch for questioning about his involvement in attacks on a black councillor’s home in ... |
