112pp. Hardcover binding, white lettering to spine, with dust jacket, various monochrome photographs. Afrikaans text. Condition: Good. Some rubbing, creases and light edgewear to jacket, two small stickers covered with tape to spine of jacket. Stains to bottom corners of boards and spine, and to endpapers and pastedowns, light stains to top corners of front board and first pages. Previous owner’s signature and notes in pencil to front endpaper, with indications on the places of signatures, photograph fixed to verso of half title page, with small note in pen, small marks with pencil to most pages, notes in pen and pencil to rear pastedown. Well bound.
Signed twice by P. W. Botha in 1977 and 1993.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._W._Botha: Pieter Willem Botha, DMS (1916 – 2006) was a South African politician who served as the last Prime Minister of South Africa from 1978 to 1984 and as the first executive State President of South Africa from 1984 until his resignation in 1989. Nicknamed 'Die Groot Krokodil' (Afrikaans for 'The Big Crocodile') due to his tough political stance, he was considered the final hardline leader of South Africa during the apartheid era. After resigning as State President, Botha remained influential in South African politics. He opposed the reforms initiated by de Klerk, particularly the negotiations to dismantle apartheid and the unbanning of the ANC, and advocated for a no vote in the 1992 referendum. Botha became a vocal critic of the move toward democracy, maintaining his belief in the necessity of apartheid. In the late 1990s, he faced legal challenges related to his role in the apartheid-era policies, notably during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings, where he was called to account for his actions but refused to fully cooperate. Botha's health continued to decline, and he died on 31 October 2006, at the age of 90.
Size: 8vo (21,4 x 15cm)
Cape Town: Hoofraad van die Kaaplandse Party, 1976
- Overall Condition: Good
- Size: 8vo
