THERE WERE few things Pik Botha liked more than telling a story, except, perhaps, being at the centre of one. Eyes flashing and with a stage performer’s perfect timing, he would cast his spells. He ...

Reporting from JOHANNESBURG — Roelof “Pik” Botha, the last foreign minister of South Africa’s apartheid era and a contradictory figure who staunchly defended white minority rule but recognized that ...

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Roelof "Pik" Botha, the last foreign minister of South Africa's apartheid era and a contradictory figure who staunchly defended white minority rule but recognized that change was ...

Pik Botha, South Africa’s longtime foreign minister, whose defense of apartheid was tempered by flashes of recognition of the system’s injustice, and who went on to serve in Nelson Mandela’s unity ...

Foreign Minister Pik Botha disclosed Thursday that the government tried to sway 1989 elections in neighboring Namibia with secret aid to anti-rebel groups, widening a political scandal over covert ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Roelof “Pik” Botha, the last foreign minister of South Africa’s apartheid era and a contradictory figure who staunchly defended white minority rule but recognized that change was ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Roelof “Pik” Botha, the last foreign minister of South Africa’s apartheid era and a contradictory figure who staunchly defended white minority rule but recognized that change was ...

Roelof “Pik” Botha, who spent decades at the center of South Africa’s political and diplomatic life as the last foreign minister under apartheid rule and who later served in the cabinet of the country ...