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Pik Botha

Former foreign affairs minister Pik Botha dies
Article
/ 12 October 2018

Former foreign affairs minister Pik Botha dies

Pik Botha famously changed allegiance from the National Party to the African National Congress in 2000

By Agency
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Article
/ 3 December 2010

A bone to Pik with history

His doorstopper of a biography is nearly ready, but Pik Botha doesn’t like it one bit. He talks to the M&G as part of our 25th anniversary series.

By Lionel Faull
Nuke talks ‘above Pik Botha’s pay-grade’
Article
/ 25 May 2010

Nuke talks ‘above Pik Botha’s pay-grade’

A US academic told the <em>M&G</em> on Tuesday that Pik Botha would not have known about discussions with the Israel regarding nuclear weapons.

By Agencies Author, Boyd Webb and Mail Guardian Reporter
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Article
/ 13 March 2009

The arms dealer who flies Zuma

Ivor Ichikowitz, the arms broker who laid on his jet to ferry Nelson Mandela to a rally, has made it his business to get close to key power-brokers.

By Sam Sole Author and Nic Dawes Author
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Article
/ 6 October 2008

Call for Samora Machel crash probe to be reopened

The investigation into the plane crash of Samora Machel should be re-opened, says former apartheid-era foreign affairs minister Pik Botha.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 9 May 2008

Pik and Che: Cuba in Africa

Yunus Momoniat talks to documentary filmmaker Jihan el-Tahri about her latest production, <i>Cuba: An African Odyssey</i>.

By Yunus Momoniat
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Article
/ 13 March 2008

Tippling point

South African high flyers are known to love their drink; how some of them handle it is a different story.

By Zahira Kharsany and Thembelihle Tshabalala
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Article
/ 3 November 1989

Who set up Pik?

Who gave Botha the phoney ‘Swapo attack’ message? Was he duped by his own securocrats?

By Weekly Mail Reporters

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