Abraham Lodewikus Botha: 8. "He was the devil personified at the same level that Hitler was, and should be treated as a pariah by peace-loving people," Cosatu said in a statement.Mr Mbeki's eldest son, Kwanda, is believed to have been killed by agents of the apartheid government under Mr Botha.After the end of apartheid, Mr Botha refused to testify before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which investigated apartheid crimes and offered amnesty to those who confessed and showed remorse.This confirmed many people's view that he represented white South Africans who had failed to adapt to change and clung to old privileges and prejudices.Mr Mbeki's attendance is being seen as a gesture of reconciliation,PW Botha was known as the Big Crocodile for his tough stance,How the world's oldest clove tree defied an empire,Why Royal Ballet principal Sergei Polunin quit,Tourists flock to 'Jesus's tomb' in Kashmir.56,514 people are reading stories on the site right now.17,029 pages were read in the last minute. Pieter Willem Botha (afrikaans: /ˈpitəɹ ˈvələm ˈbʊətɑ/; * 12. !- Jess: Oh dear, very soon all the old apartheid icons will be dead. ".Evangelist Bahjat Batarseh, a Jordanian who had got to know Botha in his later years, said "God had arranged" for him to be at the funeral.In an evangelical sermon which drew laughs and applause, Batarseh ridiculed evolution, dismissed the Big Bang theory, and urged the congregation to take Jesus into their hearts.He had had the privilege to pray with Botha and to "anoint him with oil". Oktober 2006 in Wilderness, Provinz Westkap), in Südafrika allgemein bekannt als PW oder wegen seiner hartnäckigen Verfolgung politischer Gegner als Die Groot Krokodil (/di xrʊət krokəˈdəɫ/, das große Krokodil), war von 1978 bis 1984 Premierminister Südafrikas und Staatspräsident der Republik Südafrika von 1984 bis 19… His gestures on this occasion are truly "nation building".- Roy : Good riddance to bad rubbish.

Former president PW Botha was laid to rest in a small graveyard in the hills above his home town of Wilderness in the Western Cape after a funeral service where the focus was more on religion than on politics, and the sermons more about God than about the man who led the apartheid government for 11 years.Well over a thousand people crammed into the imposing "Moeder Kerk" in central George, with its massive pulpit carved out of stinkwood and its domed yellowwood ceiling, while another 200 filled a marquee in the church grounds where they watched the service on television.Beneath the pulpit stood Botha's coffin, the remains of the man who president Thabo Mbeki's office described this week as having led South Africa during a period of sustained oppression against the majority of South Africans, but who had also initiated contact between the apartheid government and the ANC.Behind the coffin a group of five musicians played quietly while the packed congregation, most of whom had taken up their seats when the doors opened at 1pm, waited for the service to begin at 2pm.They were almost all white, almost all Afrikaans and most were elderly.The pews to the left were reserved for the dignitaries, and former president FW de Klerk and his wife, Elita, were the first of them to arrive.Just before 2pm, president Thabo Mbeki and his wife, Zanele, slipped in almost unnoticed from a side door to take up their seats next to De Klerk.As Mbeki walked in, the rows of parliamentarians behind him stood up, but the majority of the congregation remained seated.When Botha's wife, Barbara, and his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren filed in, the congregation rose.The stillness inside the church was broken with the blast of a ram's horn, one which had belonged to Botha - and one whose sound he was said to have loved.There was some murmuring and gesturing when Botha's grandson, wheelchair-bound Pierre Maritz, was wheeled into the church and positioned in front of president Mbeki.When Mbeki realised they were trying to move Maritz elsewhere, he stepped out of the pew, smiled, put his hand on the young man's shoulder, and bent to speak to him.Maritz said later: "He told me, 'no, no, you must stay here, please'. Beats me, but sure is an interesting topic... well done IOL! Who will we blame for our woes then?- Phred: I have to say that occasionally, I am impressed by the humility of Mr Mbeki. Awards. Former president PW Botha, the face of white South Africa at the height of the anti-apartheid struggle, has died at his Wilderness home.

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