16 August 1985: The South African President, Mr PW Botha, insisted that his government would not give way to reform The South African President, Mr PW Botha, yesterday told a world which had been ...
“I believe that we are today crossing the Rubicon in South Africa. There is no turning back.” That was State President P.W. Botha’s assessment last week, but hardly anyone outside the South African ...
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