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Pik Botha

Upcoming Lockerbie bombing terror trial in US dredges up Gaddafi, SA and Mandela links

South Africa

Upcoming Lockerbie bombing terror trial in US dredges up Gaddafi, SA and Mandela links

By Caryn Dolley

Decoding the concepts of GNU, coalitions and confidence-and-supply agreements

Business Maverick

Decoding the concepts of GNU, coalitions and confidence-and-supply agreements

By Lubumba Kamukwamba, Michael Evans and Thomas Greig

Naledi Pandor is treading the Pik Botha path to SA’s diplomatic oblivion

World

Naledi Pandor is treading the Pik Botha path to SA’s diplomatic oblivion

By Greg Mills and Ray Hartley

Remembering history — Klaas de Jonge and the great (non) escape

South Africa

Remembering history — Klaas de Jonge and the great (non) escape

By Pat Sidley

Ep. 182: Evita's Valentine deja-vu (except no Pik!) (Video)

South Africa

Ep. 182: Evita's Valentine deja-vu (except no Pik!) (Video)

By Pieter-Dirk Uys

Apartheid's global defender who saw the writing on the wall

South Africa

Apartheid's global defender who saw the writing on the wall

By Greg Nicolson

By Unknown Author

Politics

Roelof 'Pik' Botha, the ultimate survivor

By J Brooks Spector