UPITN 2 10 78 NEW SOUTH AFRICAN PRIME MINISTER PIETER BOTHA PRESS CONFERENCE

(2 Oct 1978) New South African Prime Minister Pieter Botha, holds a press conference, answering questions from the press on the current situation regards the move towards independence of Namibia (South West Africa)
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[@simonsimon5466]

What a good statesman

[@johnlamb3101]

Outstanding military genius. RIP.

[@LongNoseBreaker]

thanks

[@johnnymookergee4935]

God Bless you PW and Pik

[@cheyenneasiafoxe292]

The Bothas have a long history in SA! Right or wrong they were statesmen and do bear a lot of responsibility for much of the good and much of the bad in Apartheid SAFrica

[@johnm84]

He was a great leader.

[@carolinus7566]

Why not just declare SW Africa as another state within SAF Rep like Transvaal, Natal, Cape, Free State etc?

[@adorabasilwinterpock6035]

Illegal

[@Saach]

They tried multiple times to make it a fifth province and for all intensive purposes was treated like a fifth province since WW2, however the UN refused to allow them to annex SWA/Namibia and declared their occupation of the area illegal in 1966.

[@andrewdutoit9571]

​@@SaachIt was under South Africa's curatorship since 1918, after the First World War.

[@mvelomkhize716]

He's got such sinister eyes.

[@conallgeneral8136]

nostalgia ! lol - PW and Pik at their delusional best !

[@christobosman5710]

Says a looser

[@andrewdutoit9571]

Yes you are right, the chaos and degregation today is way better. Don't you just love have sewage running through your yard and no electricity and water the shortages? No you right, it's much bettet not having employment isn't it?