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Human Rights Day: Apartheid-defiant Gerrie Coetzee was SA’s human rights world champ

Independent online (SA) 21 Mar 2025
“Gerrie is a special human being” ... The match was of such national importance that hardliner Prime Minister PW Botha, nicknamed ‘Die Groot Krokodil’ due to his tough political stance, his entire cabinet and 1,000 police officers attended ... #GovZAupdates.
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MICHAEL MORRIS: Crisis is about entrenched woes, not budget

Business Day 10 Mar 2025
Just 13 days after the disaster of PW Botha’s ironically named “Rubicon speech” of August 15 1985 — high, but false, expectations of reform meant he was watched by a worldwide audience of about ...
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LAEL BETHLEHEM: Making apartheid great again?

Business Day 07 Mar 2025
How should we understand current events in the US? Without doubt, the recent changes represent a sea change in American and global affairs ... These ideas — and the bullying that accompanies them — are reminiscent of PW Botha and Magnus Malan ... .
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