Pik Botha, Apartheid-Era Minister, Dies in South Africa

Pik Botha, the last foreign minister of South Africa’s apartheid era and a contradictory figure who staunchly defended white minority rule but eventually recognized that change was inevitable, died on Friday at age 86. Botha died in “the early hours of the morning” at his home after an illness, his son, Roelof, told South Africa’s eNCA news outlet. Vilified for apartheid  Internationally, Botha was the most visible representative of apartheid at the height of protests and...

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