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Roelof “Pik” Botha was the world’s longest-serving foreign minister.

Former foreign affairs minister Pik Botha dies

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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>.

Tippling point

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

Who set up Pik?

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