Former SA President Botha dies

October 31, 2006

Former President PW Botha passed away at his home aged 90. Although his security forces killed more than 2,000 people and detained an estimated 25,000 without trial, Botha had always refused to apologise for apartheid. In its final report the state-appointed Truth and Reconciliation Commission blamed Botha for much of the horror of the last decade of white rule.