Pik Botha: sympathic obits fail to recognise that he protected apartheid: Pik Botha's life’s work was dedicated to the protection and entrenchment of apartheid. Media 24/Alet PretoriusThe death of Roelof Frederik “Pik” Botha, South Africa’s apartheid era foreign minister from 1977 to 1994, has produced a range of appraisals of his life. The general tone of the … [Read more...] about Pik Botha: sympathic obits fail to recognise that he protected apartheid | The Conversation